Residents of Jalga district in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province will have less distance to travel for treatment. A 30-bed hospital built at a cost of 54 million afghanis has been completed and handed over for operation, according to the Islamic Emirate's Ministry of Public Health.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Public Health Minister Mawlavi Noor Jalal Jalali said hospital construction projects were under way in several provinces to expand health services and improve public access to quality care.
Baghlan Governor Mawlavi Abdullah Mukhtar said work on more health facilities in the province would begin this week. A day earlier, the ministry had started building another 30-bed health centre in Baghlan's Khost district at a cost of 55 million afghanis.