Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital

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 legs[4]

Some Indian physicians working at this hospital died in the February 2010 Kabul attack conducted by Taliban.[5]

References

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


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