Background

EMERGENCY opened the Surgical Centre for War Victims in Lashkar-Gah in 2004. The hospital is the only free specialist trauma facility in Helmand province.

Helmand Province has been one of Afghanistan’s most volatile regions over the previous two decades of fighting, with large numbers of casualties.  

In order to provide immediate assistance to those in need, EMERGENCY established First Aid Posts (FAPs)in the remote districts neighbouring Lashkar-Gah, such as Grishk, Garmsir, Marjia, Sangin, Musa Qala, and Urmuz. In these facilities, our local medics provide crucial emergency care to patients. When necessary, patients are stabilised and then transferred to our hospital in Lashkar-Gah by ambulances which operate 24/7.

🔴 Fighting continues in #Lashkargah #Helmand. Update from our hospital: 23 more patients arrived in need of urgent treatment and underwent major surgery. Another 5 were already dead on arrival, 28 with less severe injuries referred to other facilities. #Afghanistan

— EMERGENCY NGO (@emergency_ngo) August 2, 2021

The hospital has been open and fully operational throughout the numerous phases of the conflict since 2001. The Lashkar-Gah Surgical Centre treated patients during the extremely volatile summer of 2021, culminating with the collapse of the Afghan government in August of that year. The Lashkar-Gah Surgical Centre remains open and committed to continuing operations uninterrupted. 

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Education

As with many EMERGENCY facilities, the Afghan Ministry of Health has officially recognised the Lashkar-Gah Surgical Centre as a training facility for emergency surgery and traumatology. A core component of EMERGENCY’s work – in all its hospitals and medical facilities – is close partnership with, and training of, local medical professionals and ancillary staff. 

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