MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A 50-bed hospital and a health centre in northern Balkh province have been closed, depriving thousands of people of healthcare.
The 50-bed hospital has been closed in Dawlatabad district and the health center in Chahar Bolak district.
The governor’s house and the public health department acknowledge the issue and promise to resolve the problem soon.
A doctor in the 50-bed hospital, who wished to go unnamed, said the escalation of fighting in the district and increasing Taliban’s influence forced the government to deploy security forces in the hospital to protect the . . .
