6 Badakhshan health centres to be closed within days

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Local sources in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concerns over the closure of six health centres funded by the IOM but health officials said that three of these facilities would remain open.

Some residents who did not want to be named said after the closure of 60-bed gynecology ward in Faizabad City, six more health centres situated in the 7^th Police District, Khisru village of Warduj district, Danishabad locality of Yaftal District, Dasht Farakh locality of Baharak district, Dahn-i-Ab area of Argu district, and Miyana Dash area of Faizabad would be closed from August 2024.

Meanwhile, Qari Atiqullah Faizai, the Public Health Department head, acknowledged that these health centres were funded by the IOM and added due to the efforts it was expected that three of these health centres would remain opened.

He stated the reason for the closure of these health centers is the lack of financial support and added that the residents of Badakhshan are in serious need of providing health services and in each of these centers about five thousand people were covered by health services.

The Public Health Department director said the closure of health centers will increase the mortality of mothers and babies in this province.

He adds that efforts were underway to re-open the 60-bed gynecological Faizabad Provincial Hospital, and the International Red Cross Organization is supposed to provide financial coverage for these 60 blocked beds.

Yar Mohammad, the resident of Badakhshan Yamgan district, said in the past week, two women died during childbirth in Jokhan Valley and Spajmi Valley in Yamgan district. He added that one of the dead named Eidaneh was a mother of five children who lived in a poor family near Oni village.

He asked the IEA and NGOs to address their problems.

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