Indira Gandhi Children's hospital located in Kabul is a Children's hospital of Afghanistan.[1] It has 150 beds[2] and in 2004 started the first cerebral palsy center in Afghanistan.[3] It also has an artificial limb center opened with help of Indian government which can fit up to 1000 people with jaipur feet[4]
Some Indian physicians working at this hospital died in the February 2010 Kabul attack conducted by Taliban.[5]
References
- ↑ Families find little comfort at Afghan children's hospital, CNN, 2009-03-19
- ↑ Pictures from ISAF: The Indira Gandhi hospital Template:Webarchive, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
- ↑ First cerebral palsy centre for Afghan children opens in Kabul, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2004-05-21
- ↑ A Ticket On The Caravan To Kabul, Outlook (magazine), 2002-01-28
- ↑ Guesthouses Used by Foreigners in Kabul Hit in Deadly Attacks, The New York Times, 2010-02-26