The Jamhuriat Hospital is a state-owned hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.[2][3] It is located in the affluent Shahr-e Naw neighborhood, between Shahr-e Naw Park, the former Presidential Palace, Abdul Rahman Mosque and Malalai High School. The hospital consists of a 4-story building and a 10-story building with the capacity of housing 350 patients. It was constructed in 2004 by engineers from China and laborers from Afghanistan.[1][4]

Jamhuriat Hospital
Buildings of the Jamhuriat Hospital behind the Afghan National Police vehicles
Geography
LocationDistrict 2, Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Organisation
FundingMinistry of Public Health
NetworkAgha Khan Network
Bayat Foundation
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds350
HelipadNo
History
Opened2006[1]

The Jamuriat Hospital has a special pediatric oncology department, which was recently established by the Bayat Foundation.[5] In October 2023, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health announced that the hospital will soon see a major renovation, and that some services of the hospital will temporarily be shifted to the nearby Jinnah Hospital.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "China hands over completed hospital building to Afghan government". Xinhua. ReliefWeb. March 30, 2006. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  2. ^ "Officials: Number of Cancer Patients Rising in Afghanistan". TOLOnews. December 27, 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. ^ "Hospitals Lack Medicine, Say Families of Sick". TOLOnews. September 17, 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  4. ^ "Jamhuriat Hospital Restarts Operation In New Building". Bakhtar News Agency. January 22, 2014. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  5. ^ "Bayat Foundation establishes pediatric oncology unit in Kabul". Ariana News. November 17, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  6. ^ "Renovation of Jamhuriat Hospital in Kabul gets underway". Ariana News. October 22, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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