Afghan Biographies

Shaikh Zaed Hospital Kabul


Name Shaikh Zaed Hospital Kabul
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Background:
The most well-equipped neuron-surgical hospital constructed by UAE was inaugurated Apr 15, 2017 by Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
The 100-bed hospital has been constructed by Shaikh Zaed bin Sultan Welfare Organization.(20170416)

More Background:
A UAE-funded hospital in Kabul that has been empty for four years could finally open if talks between Afghan and UAE authorities are successful. The Zayed Mother and Child Hospital, Kabul’s biggest, was completed almost four years ago with a Dh20 million donation from the UAE. But it remains closed because it lacks money to pay staff.

The Afghan ministry of health calculates that it needs Dh9.18m to run the hospital for the first year, and then further funding for 10 years. The UAE funding would be decreased by 10 per cent a year, until the hospital was entirely self-funding. Aside from staff, the hospital is ready to go. “It is already fully equipped and has 100 beds,” he said. “It is the biggest hospital in Kabul.”
The donation for the hospital is just one element of the UAE’s help for Afghanistan, he said. Since 2003, the UAE has had an effective presence in the country.
It has also funded a healthcare complex with a clinic that can treat 150 patients daily, four surgical wards, an X-ray department and three wards for inpatients.
The UAE sent female doctors to treat women and children, in keeping with culture sensitivities.(20130411)

Last Modified 2017-04-16
Established 2017-04-16