LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): For the first time in southern Helmand province, a 20-bed hospital for patients suffering from infectious disease has ben opened in Lashkargah, the provincial capital.
The new hospital will be financially supported by the Relief Humanitarian Development Organization (RHDO) non-governmental organization for the next six months, according the Helmand Public Health Department.
Helmand Public Health director Dr. Syed Ahmad Saeed told Pajhwok that infectious diseases would be treated in the hospital.
He added: "Measles and other similar diseases have increased in Helmand and the province needed such a facility.”
He said the number of beds in . . .
