Attack on Children Hospital

 Attack on Kabul Maternal and Child Hospital. 

A few days ago, on May 12, Afghanistan had two consecutive terrorist attacks, killing dozens of people. One of them was a suicide terrorist who caused an explosion near the entrance of a hospital in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan before militants broke into the hospital building.

Only some hospital employees successfully left the building after the explosion. The incident caused at least 16 deaths (including 2 newborns) and 15 injuries. Another incident occurred at the funeral of a police chief in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, when the explosion at the funeral killed 24 people and injured 68 people

Briefly

A few days after the attack on the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, the situation gradually became clear. The attack on the maternity hospital in Kabul on May 12 was a premeditated operation aimed at killing these in cold blood. mother. Frederic Bonnot, the director of MSF's project in Afghanistan, said: "The day after the attack, I returned to the hospital and the signs I saw in the obstetrics and gynecology department showed that this was a systematic shooting against the mothers. The incident. The gunman swam through multiple wards and shot the women on the hospital bed. The whole operation was methodical. The walls were covered with bullet holes, the bloodstains on the floor, the vehicles were burned, and the windows were shot through. "

Official data show that a total of 24 people were killed and at least 20 people were injured, most of them were patients. Médecins Sans Frontières(Doctors Without Borders) has been supporting the hospital for the past 6 years, and we can be sure that 26 mothers were hospitalized at the time of the attack: 10 of them and several medical staff found a safe place to stay, and 16 other mothers were attacked-11 of them They were killed, including three mothers preparing for delivery in the delivery room, and five others were injured. Among the victims were two young boys and an Afghan midwife from MSF. In addition, two newborn babies were injured, one of them was shot in the leg and was transferred to another hospital for emergency surgery along with three MSF local employees.

The total number of attackers has not yet been determined. They rushed into the hospital through the gate after 10 a.m. local time. There are other buildings and wards near the entrance, but according to the MSF staff who were present at the time of the attack, the attackers directly broke into the obstetrics and gynecology wards supported by MSF. The four-hour attack turned the hospital into a human purgatory, and patients and staff sought refuge. Bono said: "When the hospital was attacked, we heard gunshots and explosions everywhere in the safe house, which was shocking. We know that this area has been attacked in the past, but no one believes that they will attack the obstetrics and gynecology department. Ward. They are here to kill these mothers. "

MSF has 102 local staff and a few international employees working side by side. The attack caused chaos, people rushed to escape, many people were rushed to other hospitals, and counting the number of patients and staff in the hospital became extremely difficult. Bono said: "Unfortunately, this country is accustomed to facing terrible events, but the attacks on Tuesday can hardly be described in words."

About NGO Médecins Sans Frontières

An international humanitarian medical non-governmental organization of French origin best known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases Médecins Sans Frontières(Doctors Without Borders) has been working in Afghanistan since 1980. In 2004, five staff members in Badghis province were killed and they evacuated from Afghanistan until they returned in 2009. In 2019, MSF opened 7 projects in 6 provinces of Afghanistan, providing more than 100,000 outpatient consultations, assisting more than 60,000 deliveries, and performing nearly 10,000 surgical operations. MSF ’s operating funds in Afghanistan all come from public donations and don’t accept any government donations.