The French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC) held its Ninth Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Convention on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Since 2011, FMIC has annually sponsored the quality and patient safety convention, which showcases Afghan health professionals’ high capacity for critical thinking and resolve for quality healthcare.
The French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC) held its fourth graduation ceremony of the Postgraduate Medical Education Programme (PGME) on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at FMIC auditorium. 13 doctors were awarded certificates of specialization by Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister for Public Health and Dr. Shafiq Mirzazada, Director of Academic Projects in Afghanistan Aga Khan University.
A newborn baby, Bibi Amena, is treated for a gunshot wound to her leg after she was rescued from the maternity hospital attack that killed her mother.
Gunmen who attacked a maternity hospital in Kabul came “with the purpose of killing mothers in cold blood”, systematically shooting every woman in labor and new mothers they came across the charity.
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Asia Times:
A newborn baby, Bibi Amena, receives treatment for a gunshot wound in her right leg after losing her mother in Tuesday’s attack on a Kabul maternity hospital
Gunmen who stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital this week had come to “kill the mothers” at the maternity ward, medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said.
At least 24 people were killed – including newborns, mothers, and nurses – when three armed men rampaged through the maternity ward of the hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, in an attack that sparked international outrage.
Yahoo News:
Newborn baby, Bibi Amena, was shot in her right leg during an attack
Kabul (AFP) - Gunmen who stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital this week had come to "kill the mothers," a medical charity said, as survivors expressed shock and horror at the gruesome attack.
At least 24 people were killed -- including newborns, mothers, and nurses -- when three armed men rampaged through the maternity ward of the Barchi National Hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, in an attack that sparked international outrage.
Foreign Policy (FP):
A massacre in an Afghan maternity ward, a typhoon’s torrential rains in the Philippines, and a return—for some—to the classroom.
