Atatürk Children's Hospital

The Atatürk National Children' Hospital is a children's hospital located in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is the second-largest children's hospital in the city.[2]

Atatürk National Children's Hospital
Geography
LocationKabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates34.5208°N 69.1341°E / 34.5208; 69.1341
Organisation
FundingGovernment hospital
Services
Beds150[1]

It is administered by the Government of Afghanistan and is one of only two hospitals in Kabul to be owned by the national government.[3] It is located nearby Kabul University.[4]

Gulam Hasan Kamil is the chief physician.[1][5]

History

The hospital receives large amounts of funding and is closely tied to the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA).[5] In 2000 the Turkish government sent $15,000 to the hospital[6] and in 2012 sent five ambulances carrying 40 pieces of equipment to the hospital.[2]

On June 27, 2019, a doctor at the hospital was beaten and given death threats by a police officer. Many staff members went on strike in protest.[7]

After a massacre by terrorists in the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital on 12 May 2020, all babies inside the hospital were moved to the Atatürk Children' Hospital.[8] It was visited by UNICEF representatives on 20 September 2021.[9]

On 2 March 2022, TİKA announced it had drilled a 200 metres (7,900 in) well for the hospital after concerns it was facing issues over the water supply.[1] That same year the Yunus Emre Institute said it had opened a Turkish-language course for professionals in the hospital.[10]

See also

References
  1. "TİKA Drilled Water Wells for Hospitals in Afghanistan - Afghanistan". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  2. "Turkish body aids children's hospital in Afghanistan". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. publisher, English. "Situation reports 2022". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. HOSPITALS IN KABUL Embassy of India, Kabul
  5. anatolianet (2020-07-09). "Turkish body aids children's hospital in Afghanistan". TurkishPress. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. "Afghanistan Weekly Update No. 355 - Afghanistan". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  7. "Ataturk Hospital Staff Go On Strike Over Police Mistreat | Ariana News". Ariana News. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  8. "Afghan maternity ward attackers 'came to kill the mothers'". BBC News. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  9. "UNICEF / AFGHANISTAN ATATURK HOSPITAL". United Nations UN Audiovisual Library. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  10. "Turkish Course Opened for Healthcare Professionals in Afghanistan". Türkiye - Merkez. 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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