| Atatürk National Children Speciality Hospital | |
| Location: | Kabul |
| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Type: | Children's hospital |
| Patron: | Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency |
| Beds: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 34.5208°N 69.1341°W |
The Atatürk National Children Speciality Hospital is a 200-bed children's hospital located in Kabul, Afghanistan.[1] It is one of the largest children's hospital in the city.[2]
The hospital is administered by the Afghan Ministry of Public Health.[3] It is located in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood, next to the French Medical Institute for Children and very close to Kabul University.[4]
Gulam Hasan Kamil is the chief physician.[5] [6]
The hospital receives large amounts of funding and is closely tied to the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). In 2000 the Turkish government sent $15,000 to the hospital[7] and in 2012 sent five ambulances carrying 40 pieces of equipment to the hospital.
On June 27, 2019, a doctor at the hospital was beaten and given death threats by a police officer. Many staff members went on strike in protest.[8]
After the May 2020 terrorist attack in the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital,[9] all babies inside the hospital were moved to the Atatürk Children's Hospital.[10] UNICEF representatives visited the hospital on 20 September 2021.[11]
On 2 March 2022, TİKA announced it had drilled a 200m (700feet) well for the hospital after concerns it was facing issues over the water supply. That same year the Yunus Emre Institute said it had opened a Turkish-language course for professionals in the hospital.[12]