Turkey’s state-run aid agency provided more than 12 million people with healthcare services in Af-ghanistan since 2005.
As part of an agreement between the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and the Afghan Health Ministry, TIKA provided health services to people through health institutions in northern Afghanistan, according to information obtained by Anadolu Agency from the aid agency.
The Afghan-Turkish Friendship Hospital in the Maymana district of the Faryab province and Af-ghan-Turkish Friendship Children’s Hospital in the Sheberghan district of Jowzjan province played an important role in providing these services to over 12 million people.
From 2005 to 2019, a total of 221 people, in-cluding 51 doctors, 57 nurses, and 95 other health personnel were employed at the Afghan-Turkish Friendship Hospital which has a capacity of 170 beds.
More than 4.5 million received treatment from the hospital until 2019 when it was transferred to governmental institutions of the country.—AFP
