Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram
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Egypt
opened an Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram in 2003.
The hospital treats more than 7,000 Afghans per month.
Treatment is provided free of charge.
31 percent of the hospitals patients are children.
Liam Fox, writing in the The Telegraph
, described the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram as an exception to "almost non-existent" engagement in Afghanistan by the Muslim world.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
opened an Egyptian Field Hospital at Bagram in 2003.
The hospital treats more than 7,000 Afghans per month.
Treatment is provided free of charge.
31 percent of the hospitals patients are children.
Liam Fox, writing in the The Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, described the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram as an exception to "almost non-existent" engagement in Afghanistan by the Muslim world.