NPO: Afghan healthcare system on brink of collapse. 'Doctors perform emergency operations with flashlight'
Watch, listen and read HealthNet TPO in the NOS Journaal, NPO Radio 1 and in the NOS news discussing the health crisis in Afghanistan.
HealthNet TPO was featured in the NOS news on the 4th September 2021. Read the full article here.
“Afghan health care is on the brink of collapse, doctors and development organisations say. For years, the international community financed healthcare in Afghanistan through the World Bank. But now that the Taliban are in power, no more money is transferred.”
“Slowly, the whole system stops," says Willem Reussing. “Then a hospital cannot function, then people cannot be helped and then operations cannot be performed. That will lead to the death of people."
Our colleague, Willem Reussing, was also featured on NPO Radio 1 and on NOS Journaal discussing the ongoing health crisis in Afghanistan. Watch here.