Afghanistan, Feb. 23 -- Border closure between Afghanistan and Pakistan has triggered critical shortages of dialysis medicine in Herat, putting patients' lives at immediate risk.
Approximately 800 dialysis treatments are conducted monthly in Herat across ten machines, with at least 150 patients requiring three sessions per month, local doctors report.
Doctors in Herat warn that continued border closures and halted imports from Pakistan have left hospitals running dangerously low on dialysis supplies.
One Herat physician stated that patients requiring hemodialysis can survive only about three weeks without treatment.
Hospital sources confirmed dialysis medicines are nearly depleted, warning that lack of treatment could lead to toxin buil...