Afghan Forces Provide Medical Aid to Villagers

American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2008 - Afghan national security forces and Public Health Ministry personnel, assisted by coalition forces, treated 56 Afghan citizens Dec. 30 at the Khas Village clinic in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province.

More than 5,000 Afghans have received medical care at the clinic since it opened a year ago. The clinic originally opened in a smaller structure, but soon required a larger facility to handle the number of patients and the higher standard of care patients needed, officials said. The Public Health Ministry built a larger structure with an operating room, X-ray room and pharmacy.

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