Hospital Opened in Northeastern Afghanistan
June 21, 2007
Text of report by Afghan independent Ariana TV on 17 June
A 20-bed private hospital has begun to operate in Takhar Province [in northeastern Afghanistan].
Dr Abdol Hakim Aziz, the head of the provincial health department, said that 57 health centres had so far been completed and started operation in addition to this hospital.
The hospital has started operating at a time when the people are not satisfied with some of the health centres and their services.
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