July 2021- Dr. Spagnolello holds her hands behind her back while her and other doctors discuss if the 12 year old patient, Khalid, should be taken off life support. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Noorallah (16) poses for a portrait outside the children's ward. Noorallah came from the city Jalalablad near the Pakistan border and was transferred to Kabul hospital due to a bullet injury. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Kabul streets. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Hospital workers move a patient from the ICU to a different ward. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A young man with a bullet injury lays on a stretcher while nurses attempt to stop the bleeding. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A nurse sits on a hospital bed after stabilizing a patient at EMERGENCY Hospital. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A doctor checks Nafisa's (60) injured fingers. Nafisa was on the second floor when a rocket hit her home and injured her. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A nurse brings Elyas (10) outside to lay under the trees on his hospital bed. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Nurse Arezoo (18) puts on protective gear before bathing a child infected with chicken pox in EMERGENCY Hospital. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Nurse Arezoo (18) bathes a child in the children's ward of EMERGENCY Hospital. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Basgul (22) is from Ghazni Provence, about a 5 hour drive from Kabul. Fighting had intensified near her home and Taliban fighters had warned her to leave her house. As her and her mother did, a rocket landed and exploded in front of them.
July 2021- Zenat (3) is one of the many children effected by cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a motor disorder caused by brain damage resulting from prolonged or difficult labour, diabetes in the mother, a brain haemorrhage, or lack of oxygen durin
July 2021- Elyas (left, 10) and his friend Sharam (7) talk outside the children's ward of EMERGENCY Hospital. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Surgeons perform surgey on a patient. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A young patient awaits surgery as the anesthesiologist continues to medicate him. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Three nurses wait outside the kitchen of the hospital for lunch. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Dr. Spagnolello checks the pulse of Khalid (12) after pinching him to see if he reacts. Khalid's brain damage from a rocket shrapnel is so severe he will only be able to live if he is on life support. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- After the doctors made the decision to take Khalid (12) off life support, they moniter him as his oxygen levels drop. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Khalid (12) was taken off life support after his uncle said his goodbyes. The mortician wraps his body to be prepped for the funeral. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- An employee at EMERGENCY Hospital cleans the sub ICU windows. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A doctor picks up broken prosthetic legs at the ICRC clinic. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- A patient at the ICRC clinic walks past a prosthetic leg being molded. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Shadows refelcted on the hospital walls. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Nematullah (68) often takes walks around the garden at night. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Abdullah (7) scratches his head in the garden of EMERGENCY Hospital. Kabul, Afghanistan.
July 2021- Abdullah (7) plays in the garden of EMERGENCY Hospital while a military helicopter flies above him. Kabul, Afghanistan.
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