Indira Gandhi Children's hospital (IGICH) located in Kabul is a Children's hospital of Afghanistan.Families find little comfort at Afghan children's hospital, CNN, 2009-03-19 It was founded in 1969 with funding from the government of India. It was renamed in honor of Indira Gandhi in 1975. It has 400 beds, although the hospital sometimes has to assign more than one child per bed due to high demand. In 2004, IGICH started the first cerebral palsy center in Afghanistan.Pictures from ISAF: The Indira Gandhi hospital , Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)First cerebral palsy centre for Afghan children opens in Kabul , International Committee of the Red Cross, 2004-05-21 It also has an artificial limb center opened with help of Indian government which can fit up to 1000 people with jaipur feet.A Ticket On The Caravan To Kabul, Outlook (magazine), 2002-01-28
Some Indian physicians working at this hospital died in the February 2010 Kabul attack conducted by Taliban.Guesthouses Used by Foreigners in Kabul Hit in Deadly Attacks, The New York Times, 2010-02-26
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