The Hospitals Of Herat

Remember the stuff about America bringing hospitals and schools to Afghanistan? Education for women blahhhh? Read this:

Faisal told the Institute for War and Peace Reporting he believes the surgeon’s lack of knowledge on how to use the bronchoscope led to his son’s death. Hospital director Ali Zada, however, disagrees. “My doctor is well-qualified and is not to blame for this case. We think the child started choking again after the operation and this caused his death.”
There are 50 private hospitals and clinics in Herat, and it is clear that many do not adhere to adequate medical standards, according hospital records and interviews with numerous patients and medical professionals.
This has resulted in patients leaving these medical facilities worse off than when they entered and, in an unacceptably high percentage of cases, patients dying under medical care, according to a survey conducted by IWPR that suggests a very poor performance by health care supervisors during the last 10 years. MORE.