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Unleashing Hope: How Hamida Defied Paralysis at FMIC

​Hamida, a 12-year-old from Maidan Wardak, couldn't walk due to a debilitating condition. She felt immense frustration and sadness, unable to attend school or play with friends.​

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​Epicardial Pacing Procedure: FMIC Leading Afghanistan's Medical Progression​

Mohammad Shoaib, a 3-year-old from Herat, has jaundice, poor weight gain, and shortness of breath. His father, Sher Ahmed, tried private and government hospitals, but all in vain due to a lack of proper diagnosis.​

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FMIC brings a new beginning to Khadija's life.

Khadija was a curious and adventurous child who liked to explore. One day, while playing, she accidentally put a light bulb in her mouth.  Khadija's parents were occupied with work and didn't see her put the light bulb in her mouth. She started coughing an hour later, and they took her to the closest hospital in Panjshir.​​

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Regaining new life after 13 years of his birth........ 

an exciting story of Baryalai​

Shir Alam- Baryalai's father recalls those shocking moments when he realized that his son was immobile on one side. ​ In a precarious situation, Shir Alam took his son to a neighboring country with lots of hope. He had to sell his vehicle- which was the source of family income. Ultimately; the result was no gain- but pain!

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andons you! 

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​Ahmad Omid (16 years) was born in Mazar-i-Sharif, the central town of Balkh province. Despite the contemporary challenges, he has big dreams for his future. This motivation helped him stand out and show his level best in grade 9 exams

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​​​​She enters school after 14 years!

Marzia is a 14-year-old teenage girl living in Kabul. Originally she is from Maidan Wardak province.

She was two years old when she collapsed into a traditional oven (Tandoor), which is used for making bread in Afghanistan.

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The end of tough moments A successful esophagostomy on Khoban ​

Khoban is a 60-year-old woman from the northern province of Baghlan, Afghanistan. Despite the prevailing financial challenges, she has a friendly family.​

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​​Fighting with a Tumor at age 4 

FMIC paediatric surgeons extracted a 6kg Wilms’ tumour Habib Rahman is a 4-year-old kid who lives in a rural area of Baghlan province. He is the only son of his family and​ his father is daily-wage labour.  

For a little boy like Habib Rahman, it was difficult to overcome a tremendous pain in his abdomen.​

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​Fahima will not suffer from ectopic pregnancy anymore​

Fahima (29), a modest woman who lives in the northern area of Kabul in an elite family. She was feeling pain in her lower abdomen along with an abnormal period with many discomforts. She visited a few hospitals near her home to find the chance of treatment.  Some doctors recommended surgery for Fahima, but she never wanted to undergo surgery. 

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​​​Adversity often leads to prosperity ileal conduit urinary diversion-another first time surgery in Afghanistan  

Abubakr (3) lives in Kapisa, a province in the centre ​of Afghanistan. When Abubakr was a one-month-old baby, doctors observed a rare disease of Bladder exstrophy. In this disease, the bladder is open and exposed on the outside of the abdomen. This disease was anguish for the whole family since many of the doctors advised him to go abroad to seek treatment.

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​​​​When a patient becomes a goodwill ambassador 

Najiba (15) was suffering from primary Amenorrhea and periodic monthly pain for over a year. ​​

The cause for her pain was hematometra (accumulation of blood in the uterine cavity). She referred to many clinics, local doctors, and private and public hospitals throughout the country and had two unsuccessful abdominal surgeries. 

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​Khal Mohammad says “Do not play with fire at all” ​

Meanwhile, this little boy was curious to see how petrol catches fire. In early 2019, he somehow got hold of a 3-

littre​ bottle of petrol and tried to ignite it with matches. Suddenly the flames captured him allover and the right side of his body got burnt and put him in critical condition. 

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Samira can play with her toys now​

Samira’s parents were delighted as they were expecting a baby in early 2019. They had bundles of hope and plans for the new addition to their family. Likewise, Samira’s grandfather was super excited and dreamt of her granddaughter becoming a doctor. ​

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​​She will be a strong lady​​

An 11 hours old baby gets new life at FMIC after her mother was shot dead in a terrorist attack in Kabul

Last night at 20:45 hrs, an eleven-hour old baby-girl was brought to FMIC emergency room after a ​gunshot attack, in a Kabul based HosBibi-Amena.jpgpital. She was taken under immediate management by ER medical and nursing staff

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​​​Building capacity to impact lives​ 

In the first four years of FMIC, La Chaine de l'Espoir regularly flew in teams of foreign doctors. Their task was to operate on local patients as well to build the capacity of indigenous doctors who did not have the requisite skill sets. Post-February 2010, the surgical services at FMIC were entirely taken over by Afghan surgeons who have successfully carried out over 1,000 cardiac surgeries on infants and young children with ​varying degrees of complex congenital heart diseases.

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​​​A beacon of hope​

​Pneumonia remains a primary killer of children under five in developing countries. In Khushi’s case, not only was she struck with pneumonia, she was suffering from a type that was difficult to treat. Whereas other children recover from pneumonia in two weeks, she stayed at FMIC for 35 days bravely fighting for her life.​

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​A long journey

​​​Two amputated legs, his spleen, colon, and kidney slashed, and a life-threatening body infection – 14-year-old Zubair’s shocking health state had him turned away by one hospital after another till he arrived at FMIC. Today he is one of our proud survivors.​ One evening, when he was sitting outside his home in the eastern district of Tagab with his four cousins, he saw two low-flying helicopters approach. 

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​​Responding to Afghanistan’s critical need​

A few years back, Bismillah began to experience shortness of breath and chest pain whenever he engaged in any kind of strenuous physical activity. He consulted with the cardiology team at the FMIC and was diagnosed with coronary artery disease, a condition in which blood flow to the heart is constricted. Causes can be heredity, diabetes mellitus, smoking, stress, and a high level of cholesterol.

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Twice blessed​

Young Toryalai, a sweet-natured Pathan boy, and his family traveled all the way from Kunduz in north-eastern ​Afghanistan to FMIC in Kabul for his treatment. Toryalai had been sick for over a month when he came to us, but the next time he fell ill, his family did not waste any time in bringing him back. They knew that we would help.​

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