Indira Gandhi Children's hospital
Geography
LocationWazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates34°32′19″N 69°11′06″E / 34.538711°N 69.184997°E / 34.538711; 69.184997
Organisation
TypeChildren's hospital
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds150
HelipadNo
History
Opened1969[1]
Links
ListsHospitals in Afghanistan

Indira Gandhi Children's hospital located in Kabul is a Children's hospital of Afghanistan.[2] It has 150 beds[3] and in 2004 started the first cerebral palsy center in Afghanistan.[4] It also has an artificial limb center opened with help of Indian government which can fit up to 1000 people with jaipur feet[5]

Some Indian physicians working at this hospital died in the February 2010 Kabul attack conducted by Taliban.[6]

References

  1. South Asia Politics, Volume 1; Volume 4. p. 30.
  2. Families find little comfort at Afghan children's hospital, CNN, 2009-03-19
  3. Pictures from ISAF: The Indira Gandhi hospital Archived 24 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
  4. First cerebral palsy centre for Afghan children opens in Kabul, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2004-05-21
  5. A Ticket On The Caravan To Kabul, Outlook (magazine), 2002-01-28
  6. Guesthouses Used by Foreigners in Kabul Hit in Deadly Attacks, The New York Times, 2010-02-26


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