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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dan Barker

KidsOR to set up operating room in Afghanistan to help with ‘desperate need’

PA Media

A Scottish charity which has provided lifesaving surgery to children across the world is set to open a state-of-the-art paediatric operating room in Afghanistan’s capital.

Kids Operating Room will open the theatre in Kabul’s Ataturk Children’s Hospital, where the charity said surgeons have been working with a critical lack of equipment and resources to treat youngsters.

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