He also stated, “Provision of urgent trauma care is one of the priorities of the Health Cluster in Afghanistan.“
Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in Afghanistan, stated, “This information is very worrying, but also reconfirms the critically important job the EMERGENCY team is doing for the Afghan people.” He reaffirmed that WHO was proud to support the organization’s mission.
EMERGENCY has been providing trauma care in Afghanistan since 1999. The organization runs one hospital in Kabul and 2 other hospitals in Panjshir and Hilmand.
The EMERGENCY centre in Kabul has 3 operating rooms, an intensive care unit, a sub-intensive care unit and 6 wards for patients. In addition to being a reference point for the Kabul population and neighbouring provinces, the centre welcomes incoming patients from remote areas, also thanks to the only free CT unit in the country.
WHO Afghanistan supports EMERGENCY financially.
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Read an interview with Programme Coordinator Dejan Panic
WHO-supported hospital in Kabul
