Mirwais Hospital

The Mirwais Regional Hospital^[2] (Pashto: د ميرويس نيکه حوزوي روغتون), also known as Shafakhanai Chinai, is a general hospital in the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan.^[1] It is one of several advanced medical-treatment facilities in the area, and is administered by the Ministry of Public Health. The name of the hospital relates to Mirwais Hotak, who is known as Mirwais Neeka (Mirwais the Grandfather).

Mirwais Regional Hospital
Geography
Location	Shahr-e Naw, Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates	31.620922°N 65.679928°E / 31.620922; 65.679928
Organisation
Funding	Ministry of Public Health
Type	General hospital
Affiliated university	Kandahar University
Patron	Afghan Red Crescent Society
Services
Beds	600[1]
History
Construction started	1979
Opened	1979

History

The 600-bed hospital was built with aid from China in 1979, but services have been affected by years of fighting in the region.^[1] The hospital was damaged during the long period of unrest in the country. It was rebuilt in 1995 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) through the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS).^[3][4]

The Mirwais Hospital has served as a teaching hospital for Kandahar University's Faculty of Medicine. According to a 2007 report by The Senlis Council, not only people from Kandahar province are treated at Mirwais Hospital but also from neighboring Helmand, Zabul, Oruzgan and others.^[5] It was heavily used during the 2001-2021 War in Afghanistan.^[6] The state-run hospital receives 70% of its funding from the ARCS, who have about 30 expatriate staffs working permanently at the hospital.

Services

The hospital has:

• pediatric treatment unit^[7]
• 150-bed surgical unit
• 3 operating theatres
• blood bank
• oxygen plant^[8]
• X-ray department^[9]
• kitchen facilities to provide food for patients and staff
• laundry facility

See also

• List of hospitals in Afghanistan

References

1. "Feature: China-built hospital provides health services in Afghanistan's southern region". Xinhua. June 29, 2020. Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
2. "Mirwais Hospital to receive 47m afs every month". Pajhwok Afghan News. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
3. "ARCS provides $3m in annual aid to Mirwais Hospital". Pajhwok Afghan News. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
4. "Mirwais Hospital". ICRC.
5. The Senlist Council Pain at the Mirwais Hospital, Kandahar Afghanistan on YouTube (September 1, 2007)
6. "Over 7,541 patients treated in Kandahar hospital in 2014". Pajhwok Afghan News. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
7. "Seasonal Illness Rises in Kandahar as Temperature Drops". TOLOnews. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
8. "$50,000 oxygen plant installed at Mirwais Hospital". Pajhwok Afghan News. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
9. "3rd lab, X-ray ward added to Mirwais hospital". Pajhwok Afghan News. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

External links

• No war-wounded in Kandahar's Mirwais hospital for first time in 20 years on YouTube
• The billions of frozen Afghan assets by the US and Europe have made Afghan hospitals run hard on YouTube
• Mirwais Hospital ـ Kandahar on YouTube
• "Afghanistan: Victims of conflict rush to Mirwais regional hospital, staff struggle to keep up". ICRC. 17 December 2020.
• "Afghanistan: New children's ward at Mirwais Hospital already overcapacity". ICRC. 3 February 2017.
• "A Chinese humanitarian health worker coping with COVID-19 in Afghanistan". China.org.ca.