Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital

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 legs[5]

Indira Gandhi Children's hospital
Geography
LocationWazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates34.538711°N 69.184997°E / 34.538711; 69.184997
Organisation
TypeChildren's hospital
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds150
HelipadNo
History
Opened1969[1]
Links
ListsHospitals in Afghanistan

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

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