Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital Explained

Indira Gandhi Children's hospital
Coordinates:34.5387°N 69.185°W
Location:Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul
Country:Afghanistan
Type:Children's hospital
Emergency:Yes
Beds:150
Helipad:No
Founded:1969[1]

Indira Gandhi Children's hospital (IGICH) located in Kabul is a Children's hospital of Afghanistan.[2] It was founded in 1969 with funding from the government of India.[3] It was renamed in honor of Indira Gandhi in 1975. It has 400 beds, although the hospital sometimes has to assign more than one child per bed due to high demand.[4] In 2004, IGICH started the first cerebral palsy center in Afghanistan.[5] [6] [7] It also has an artificial limb center opened with help of Indian government which can fit up to 1000 people with jaipur feet.[8]

Some Indian physicians working at this hospital died in the February 2010 Kabul attack conducted by Taliban.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: South Asia Politics, Volume 1; Volume 4. 30.
  2. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/afghanistan.hospitals/index.html Families find little comfort at Afghan children's hospital
  3. Web site: Database . 2024-03-13 . www.afghan-bios.info.
  4. Web site: One year on from the Taliban takeover, crisis grips Afghanistan's biggest children's hospital . 2024-03-13 . Sky News . en.
  5. Web site: Press Release : Inauguration of Diagnostic Centre at IGICH, Kabul . 2024-03-13 . eoi.gov.in.
  6. http://www.operations.mod.uk/fingal/photo_gallery_indira_gandhi_hospital.htm Pictures from ISAF: The Indira Gandhi hospital
  7. http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/5z7gxz?opendocument First cerebral palsy centre for Afghan children opens in Kabul
  8. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?214384 A Ticket On The Caravan To Kabul
  9. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/world/asia/27kabul.html Guesthouses Used by Foreigners in Kabul Hit in Deadly Attacks