Malalai Hospital Patient Writes to RAWA

I cannot express my feelings regarding your hospital. I do not know with what words I should thank RAWA members, the hospital staff, and the kind supporters of RAWA who have helped RAWA to establish this hospital. In the hospital they welcome each patient like a guest. I have never seen any hospital where they have cooked food for the patient according to their desire and the doctor’s advice.

My son is suffering from malnutrition and a fever. In addition to three meals a day, they give egg, milk, and fruit daily to him. Although I have said many times that: “The patient’s relatives bring fruit.” But they have never paid attention and instead take care of him as before. Believe me, I have never seen or heard of such a hospital in ruined Afghanistan or in Pakistan.

More important than anything else is the visits of RAWA members to this hospital. They are very kind and generous people. They wear simple clothes. They talk with almost all patients, asking about their difficulties, their past, and they give them hope of a bright future. That is the reason I want to praise RAWA and its great leader Meena who has left such wonderful followers behind. I hope they will be more successful in their future activities.

I found two boxes [in the hospital]. One box was for complaints and one was for memories. I had no complaints and in order to praise and show respect for their generosity I started writing some of my memories of the one week I was in this hospital.