Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram | |
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Egyptian Army | |
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Geography | |
Location | Bagram, Afghanistan |
Coordinates | 34°56′29″N 69°15′22″E / 34.941372°N 69.256063°E |
Organisation | |
Type | Military hospital |
History | |
Opened | 2003 |
Closed | 2013 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Afghanistan |
The Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram was a military hospital operated by the Egyptian Army at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from 2003 to 2013. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] As of 2008, the hospital treated between 400 and 500 Afghans weekly. [6] Treatment was provided free of charge. [7] 31 percent of the hospitals patients were children.[ citation needed]
Liam Fox, writing in The Telegraph, described the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram as an exception to "almost non-existent" engagement in Afghanistan by the Muslim world. [8]
He also pointed out that Egypt maintains a field hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan that serves the needs of thousands of Afghanis.
The Egyptian military, which also runs a hospital at Bagram, agreed to take the kids, and the Charlie Company helicopter roared off over the mountains. The hospital, housed in plywood buildings, is clean but cramped—think M*A*S*H—and lacks the high-tech equipment of the American facility.
Of course, Pakistan has been facing the brunt of the fighting against al-Qaeda along the Durand line, but other Muslim contributions have been all too limited. With the exception of an Egyptian field hospital at Bagram Air Base, [UAE and Jordan], Arab participation has been almost non-existent in Afghanistan.
Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram | |
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Egyptian Army | |
| |
Geography | |
Location | Bagram, Afghanistan |
Coordinates | 34°56′29″N 69°15′22″E / 34.941372°N 69.256063°E |
Organisation | |
Type | Military hospital |
History | |
Opened | 2003 |
Closed | 2013 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Afghanistan |
The Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram was a military hospital operated by the Egyptian Army at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from 2003 to 2013. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] As of 2008, the hospital treated between 400 and 500 Afghans weekly. [6] Treatment was provided free of charge. [7] 31 percent of the hospitals patients were children.[ citation needed]
Liam Fox, writing in The Telegraph, described the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram as an exception to "almost non-existent" engagement in Afghanistan by the Muslim world. [8]
He also pointed out that Egypt maintains a field hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan that serves the needs of thousands of Afghanis.
The Egyptian military, which also runs a hospital at Bagram, agreed to take the kids, and the Charlie Company helicopter roared off over the mountains. The hospital, housed in plywood buildings, is clean but cramped—think M*A*S*H—and lacks the high-tech equipment of the American facility.
Of course, Pakistan has been facing the brunt of the fighting against al-Qaeda along the Durand line, but other Muslim contributions have been all too limited. With the exception of an Egyptian field hospital at Bagram Air Base, [UAE and Jordan], Arab participation has been almost non-existent in Afghanistan.