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Afghan official seeks China's support to equip National Police Hospital

Xinhua, September 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

A senior official with Interior Ministry is looking towards the People's Republic of China to equip National Police Hospital and help police doctors to improve their capacity and professionalism.

"Our request from China is to equip National Police Hospital and also help us in capacity building of our doctors and medical practitioners," Director General of the Health Services of Interior Ministry, General Kandahar Shinwari said on Monday after receiving a contingent of medical donation worth 46,500 U.S. dollars from Chinese embassy here.

Thanking China over its contribution to the rebuilding process of the war-torn Afghanistan, the official said, "Sometimes those injured police personnel whose medical treatment is impossible in Afghanistan he is hopeful to be shifted to China for treatment".

Presently some 150 injured police personnel are under treatment in the national police hospital in Kabul.

Those police personnel including officers who sustained critical injuries in the conflict-ridden Afghanistan are shifted to the national police hospital here for medical treatment.

"I am hopeful this donation won't be the last one," Shinwari said, adding he is hopeful to see Chinese doctors visiting here Afghanistan and our doctors to visit China to learn from their experiences.

Earlier, a senior official with Interior Ministry, Murtaza Rahimi, in his address expressed gratitude to China for its cooperation, saying, "The leading board of Interior Ministry and the Interior Minister himself are thankful to China for its support to the Police Hospital".

"We know your needs and we do our best to assist you. Our security cooperation can be strengthened," Councellor Zhao Hongtian from the Chinese embassy said in his remarks after handing over the donation. Endit