MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Officials at Abu Ali Sina Balkhi regional hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, say that 849 children were treated for severe malnutrition in the first seven months of the current solar year and 21 of them died.
Dr. Abdul Rauf Farogh, chief of the pediatric department at Abu Ali Sina Balkhi Regional Hospital, told Pajhwok that 849 children suffering from severe and complex malnutrition were admitted to the hospital during the past seven months.
Farogh added that unfortunately 21 of them died because they were suffering from energy and protein deficiency . . .
