QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): For the first time in western Badghis province, a 20-bed hospital for patients suffering from infectious disease has been opened in Qala-i-Naw, the provincial capital.
The new hospital was established with financial support of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Dr Ajab Khan Hamidi, acting director of public health.
According to him, the hospital has 48 health personnel, including two specialist doctors. He said patients suffering tuberculosis, cholera, malaria, etc. will be treated in the facility.
Meanwhile, Naqibullah Sharifi, Afghanistan's public health management and research courses head in Badghis province, told Pajhwok . . .
