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Table 1 Specifications per hospital

From: Global surgery for paediatric casualties in armed conflict

Hospital location

Geographical information

Period of data collection

Hospital opening date and closing date

Bed capacity

Facilities

Conflict details

Kao-I-Dang, Thailand

Southeast of Thailand, near Cambodian border

Jan. 1988 to Sept. 1992

1979–1993

1800

Paediatric wards, intensive feeding centre, gyn/ob wards, surgical wards, admission and emergency centre, tuberculosis centre, general medicine wards, two operating rooms, post-operative unit, laboratory, x-ray room

Cambodian civil war

Lopiding, Lokichogio, Kenya

Northern Kenya, near Sudanese border

Mar. 1988 to Mar. 2006

1987–2006

700

Two operating rooms, post-operative area, intensive care unit, multiple wards, physiotherapy unit, laboratory, pharmacy, orthopaedic workshop

Sudanese civil war

Kabul, Afghanistan

Northeast Afghanistan

Mar. 1990 to Jun. 1992

1989–1992

300

Two operating theatres with two and five tables, laboratory, X-ray service, blood bank

Afghan conflict

Quetta, Pakistan

Near Afghan border

Apr. 1990 to Aug. 1996

1983–1996

150

One operating theatre with three operation tables, laboratory, X-ray service, blood bank

Afghan conflict

Peshawar, Pakistan

Northern Pakistan, near Afghan border

Jun. 1990 to Apr. 1993

Feb. 2009 to May 2012

1981–1993

2009-2014

100

116

Three operating rooms, X-ray services, laboratories, physiotherapy services, intensive care unit

Afghan conflict

Mirwais, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Southern Afghanistan

May 1996 to Jun 1999

1996-still open

150

Three operating theatres, a blood bank, an X-ray service

Afghan conflict

Goma, Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eastern Congo, along Rwanda’s border

Nov. 2012 to Oct. 2014

2012-still open

65

One operating theatre, physiotherapy, X-ray service, laboratory

Kivu conflict

  1. Gyn/ob gynaecology/obstetrics