KABUL: The country’s Minister of Public Health, Mawlavi Noor Jalal Jalali, has laid the foundation stone for a 30-bed hospital in Dand Patan district of Paktia province.
The Ministry of Public Health said the hospital will include departments for internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics, and will provide standardized healthcare services to residents of the district.
The deputy governor of Paktia, several senior officials from the Ministry of Public Health, tribal elders, and local figures attended the foundation-laying ceremony.