Kunduz Trauma Centre

Kunduz Trauma Centre
Médecins Sans Frontières
Map
Geography
Location36°43′05″N 68°51′44″E / 36.7180°N 68.8623°E / 36.7180; 68.8623, Kunduz, Kunduz, Afghanistan
Organisation
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds140
History
Opened2011
Closed2015
Links
ListsHospitals in Afghanistan

The Kunduz Trauma Centre was a hospital operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan from 29 August 2011 until 3 October 2015 when it was destroyed in an airstrike by a United States Air Force AC-130U gunship.

Before the bombing, the MSF's hospital was the only active medical facility in the area.[1] It has been the only trauma center in northeastern Afghanistan.

In 2014, more than 22,000 patients were treated at this emergency trauma center and more than 5,900 surgeries were performed.[2]

  1. ^ Wang, Amy X. (4 October 2015). "The Aftermath of the Airstrike on Doctors Without Borders". The Atlantic. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan: MSF demands explanations after deadly airstrikes hit hospital in Kunduz", MSF (4 October 2015).