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Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 04:40 PM

For you Al Hashimi:

Fullujah General Hospital with 400 beds built in 2008

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Thank's Sinjar.

Spin Cycle:

First of all my paternal grandfather's family and the tribes they belong to - have lived in Iraq for centuries. My father is born in Baghdad. Just because I have Saudi (Hejazi) ancestry as well does not mean that I am not allowed to voice my opinion or don't care about Iraq.

That was a really stupid post by you. You do realize that Iraq is a British creation like 90 percent of all Arab states in the Middle East? You do realize that 80 percent of the Iraqi population (it's just a nationality) are Arabs and until a few generations ago identified with their tribe and religion firstly and then the region/land they inhabited?

The current area that is Iraq today have changed names, borders etc. so many times in recent history like the rest of the Arab world.

Personally I identify myself firstly as an Arab. And if people ask which Arab countries I tell them were my ancestors lived/are from. And if they want to know more I tell them about the tribes I am related to and their history.

I am not a nationalist nor do I want to be any. I also find that alien for me since I have a mixed background.

But anyway keep believing that I don't care about Iraq just because I have voiced my harm over Al-Anbar being ignored and the current regimes actions if that makes you sleep better at night.

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 04:52 PM

Hashimi is not Saudi, and has never even lived in Saudi.

If he's a 'foreigner' we're all foreigners... aren't we allowed to question the government and ministries and politicians?

Sunnis in Iraq don't deserve to be mistreated just like Shi3a in Saudi don't deserve to be mistreated.... I don't recall him saying otherwise?

fair point. I hate him, but you're right.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 04:53 PM

Also about your comment concerning Shia's in Saudi Arabia (mainly Eastern Province).

First of all I do not agree with everything the Al-Saud family do in Saudi Arabia but I also acknowledge that they have done good things and not only bad things as some outsiders always like to claim. In fact I have criticized them in the Saudi Arabia thread here on this forum and told why I have done so. I am not a blind follower of any Arab government/regime in fact I recall saying that I find all of them corrupt/puppets with a few personal exceptions.

Also I have voiced my opposition to secterianism everytime that subject have been discussed and that applies for every country in the Arab world be it Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen etc.

Just because some Shia's are treated badly in KSA it does not mean that the same should happen to Sunnis in Iraq or elsewhere.

I find your logic pretty disturbing if I am to be honest.

Anyway this is not the thread to discuss this and we have also discussed the state of Arab world and what should be done a few days ago and I think you saw what I wrote about that and how my ideal Arab world would look like.

LOL, you HATE a person you don't know and based on what? But thank you for the compliment sadly I can't say the same about you since I don't know you and I find it pathetic to hate people I have never met or know.

Please ignore my posts in the future or don't write to me. Nobody forces you and I am absolutely fine if the same applies the other way around.

fazl1991

June 17th, 2012, 04:58 PM

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/004/006/y-u-no-guy.jpg

Y U post so much writing
I never read posts over 4 lines :)

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 04:59 PM

Also about your comment concerning Shia's in Saudi Arabia (mainly Eastern Province).

First of all I do not agree with everything the Al-Saud family do in Saudi Arabia but I also acknowledge that they have done good things and not only bad things as some outsiders always like to claim. In fact I have criticized them in the Saudi Arabia thread here on this forum and told why I have done so. I am not a blind follower of any Arab government/regime in fact I recall saying that I find all of them corrupt/puppets with a few personal exceptions.

Also I have voiced my opposition to secterianism everytime that subject have been discussed and that applies for every country in the Arab world be it Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen etc.

Just because some Shia's are treated badly in KSA it does not mean that the same should happen to Sunnis in Iraq or elsewhere.

I find your logic pretty disturbing if I am to be honest.

Anyway this is not the thread to discuss this and we have also discussed the state of Arab world and what should be done a few days ago and I think you saw what I wrote about that and how my ideal Arab world would look like.

zibil, this isn't my logic. I am for a sect-blind policy across the board. The Arab worlds is full of people who "cry" for the ahlul sunna of Iraq whilst justifying mistreatment of "rawafidh". It's their hypocrisy which needs to be highlighted.

The Arab world is utterly hypocritical about Iraq vis a vis themselves.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 05:04 PM

Why do you reply to a person you hate lol?

And since when have I become responsible for the Arab world, it's state, it's mentality and it's leaders?

I have already given my opinion on this matter which I already told you in the post of mine you quote (not fully strangely enough).

Fazl1991:

Don't ask why.:) I just write.

SumerianKing

June 17th, 2012, 05:05 PM

Back on topic guys, take it to chit chat.

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 05:07 PM

LOL, you HATE a person you don't know and based on what? But thank you for the compliment sadly I can't say the same about you since I don't know you and I find it pathetic to hate people I have never met or know.

Please ignore my posts in the future or don't write to me. Nobody forces you and I am absolutely fine if the same applies the other way around.

Why would I need to meet you to hate you? You write stuff on here, that's enough to know what a person thinks.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 05:11 PM

Why would I need to meet you to hate you? You write stuff on here, that's enough to know what a person thinks.

Yeah, and what "horrible" stuff have I written?:ohno:

Unlike you I don't support secterianism openly nor do I hate other people I don't know here. So I don't know who is the idiot here. You for saying such stuff or me for even bothering to reply.

Consider this "discussion" over.

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 05:23 PM

Yeah, and what "horrible" stuff have I written?:ohno:

Unlike you I don't support secterianism openly nor do I hate other people I don't know here. So I don't know who is the idiot here. You for saying such stuff or me for even bothering to reply.

Consider this "discussion" over.

Your first discussion on the noble "resistance" is crap I've heard from Arabs throughout the last 9 years.

I'm not sectarian, I just hate foreigners in the Middle East. Go read the stuff I wrote about Iranis.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 05:48 PM

Your first discussion on the noble "resistance" is crap I've heard from Arabs throughout the last 9 years.

I'm not sectarian, I just hate foreigners in the Middle East. Go read the stuff I wrote about Iranis.

Your first discussion on the noble "resistance" is crap I've heard from Arabs throughout the last 9 years.

I'm not sectarian, I just hate foreigners in the Middle East. Go read the stuff I wrote about Iranis.

Yes, I supported the noble resistance against the American invadors and their allies. That resistance who only targeted the invaders and not civilian Iraqi's be it Kurd, Sunni or Shi'ah. You have a problem with that? I rather support them than traitors of the nation and the Arab world.

Yes, you are not secterian - that's why you have written secterian posts.

Which foreigners in the Middle East are you talking about? Since when have Sunni ARABS in Iraq become foreigners? Or other Arabs for that matter.

Iranis are foreigners in Iraq because they are not Arab and not even Semetic, they don't speak our language, nor share our culture, customs and they don't even look like us. Also they are not native to the area that is now Iraq.

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 05:53 PM

Yes, I supported the noble resistance against the American invadors and their allies. That resistance who only targeted the invaders and not civilian Iraqi's be it Kurd, Sunni or Shi'ah. You have a problem with that? I rather support them than traitors of the nation and the Arab world.

Yes, you are not secterian - that's why you have written secterian posts.

Which foreigners in the Middle East are you talking about? Since when have Sunni ARABS in Iraq become foreigners? Or other Arabs for that matter.

Iranis are foreigners in Iraq because they are not Arab and not even Semetic, they don't speak our language, nor share our culture, customs and they don't even look like us. Also they are not native to the area that is now Iraq.

you mean like our police, army, translators, civil servants.....

And what are you talking about, I said foreigners in the Middle East, why are you talking about Sunni Iraqis?

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 05:59 PM

you mean like our police, army, translators, civil servants.....

And what are you talking about, I said foreigners in the Middle East, why are you talking about Sunni Iraqis?

Allies meaning the coalition forces. Also take a closer look at "I supported" and the part that I have always mentioned - no killings of civilians be it Kurd, Sunni or Shi'ah.

The war is over hence "I supported".

Who are the foreigners you are referring to in the Middle East then?

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 06:02 PM

Allies meaning the coalition forces. Also take a closer look at "I supported" and the part that I have always mentioned - no killings of civilians be it Kurd, Sunni or Shi'ah.

The war is over hence "I supported".

Who are the foreigners you are referring to in the Middle East then?

the non-Iraqis.

So who are the traitors to the nation and the "Arab world"?

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 06:14 PM

the non-Iraqis.

So who are the traitors to the nation and the "Arab world"?

So an Arab living just across the current border in Jordan, Syria and KSA - a border that was made by the British imperialists 90 years ago who belong to the same Arab tribes is now a foreigner?

I can't imagine how you feel about Kurds, Turkmens and Assyrians then.

Do you feel closer to a Iraqi Turkmen as an Iraqi Arab rather than an Arab from one of our neighbouring Arab countries who share the same origin, langauge, culture, customs etc. and in many cases even the same tribe?

Who do you think? That country and their allies who occupied Iraq for 9 years, destroyed it completely and killed thousands of Iraqi's in the process.

I support Arab unity because I am an Arab like 80 percent of all Iraqi's are.

I also support a united Iraq that has a non-secterian policy but that seems impossible right now and in the near future.

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 06:27 PM

So an Arab living just across the current border in Jordan, Syria and KSA - a border that was made by the British imperialists 90 years ago who belong to the same Arab tribes is now a foreigner?

I can't imagine how you feel about Kurds, Turkmens and Assyrians then.

Do you feel closer to a Iraqi Turkmen as an Iraqi Arab rather than an Arab from one of our neighbouring Arab countries who share the same origin, langauge, culture, customs etc. and in many cases even the same tribe?

Who do you think? That country and their allies who occupied Iraq for 9 years, destroyed it completely and killed thousands of Iraqi's in the process.

I support Arab unity because I am an Arab like 80 percent of all Iraqi's are.

I also support a united Iraq that has a non-secterian policy but that seems impossible right now and in the near future.

You really don't get this concept of nationalism do you? I don't give a shit if someone is a Kurd, Turkmen or Assyrian.

What I find odd is how you place so much emphasis on tribes. 90 years is a long time, and the history of Iraq is very different to the history of the other Arab states. The shared experience is a differentiating factor, not some familial connection from a hundred+ years ago.

As for Arab unity, well, we have received Arab terrorism, sectarianism, and support for tyrants, and I for one am not interested. I would much rather have a close connection with South Korea than people across the border in Saudi Arabia or Jordan.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 06:33 PM

You really don't get this concept of nationalism do you? I don't give a shit if someone is a Kurd, Turkmen or Assyrian.

What I find odd is how you place so much emphasis on tribes. 90 years is a long time, and the history of Iraq is very different to the history of the other Arab states. The shared experience is a differentiating factor, not some familial connection from a hundred+ years ago.

As for Arab unity, well, we have received Arab terrorism, sectarianism, and support for tyrants, and I for one am not interested. I would much rather have a close connection with South Korea than people across the border in Saudi Arabia or Jordan.

No, I don't because I have already clearly stated that I am not a nationalist and that ideology is alien for me due to my mixed background. I hope for Arab unity in the Middle East not some regional/counstructed border's made up by the British imperialists 90 years ago.

Yes, I do find tribal unity a good thing. I have much more in common with a Saudi Al-Shammari than an Iraqi Turkmen.

That's because I am not a nationalist but that does not mean that I don't care about Iraq and it's people. I already told you this.
Iraqi unity is as important. But unity does not equal blind nationalism and hatred for other countries be it Arab countries as Iraq is or other non-Arab countries

Apart from that I find it strange that you proclaim Iraqi nationalism when 80 percent of all Iraqis are Arabs (I suspect you are an Arab also) but despite this you consider the same Arab people living across a border that was made up by foreigners 90 years ago as alien to you....

May I ask which Arab tribe you belong to?

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 06:49 PM

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 07:05 PM

We have family friends who are Iraqi Turkman and Kurds (infact, some relatives). They are almost indistinguishable from us. We have the same history and concerns about Iraq. What does some guy on the other side of the Arabian peninsula mean, just because they have the same surname? The Kurds and Turkman even speak in the same accent, whereas the Saudi, you woudn't know him from Adam.

I'm from the Khazali tribe (sometimes spelt Khuza'i)

No, they don't have the same history since they are a completely different race. They just happened to live in Iraq. They have a different origin, language, culture, customs etc. Iraqi Turkmens came to Iraq just 400-500 years ago. They don't even look like Arabs.

Other side of the Peninsula? What are you talking about? Half of Iraq is part of the Arabian Peninsula/Arabian Desert. Whole of Iraq belong to the Arabian plate. 80 percent of all Iraqis are Arabs. We have MUCH more in common with Arabs than some Turkic people living in Iraq for a few hundred years. Who are you trying to fool.

Don't spread nonsense because you hate non-Iraqi Arabs. 80 percent of all Iraqis are Arabs. Iraq is the homeland of the Semetic race and the homeland of the first known Semetic culture and language (Akkadian).

It's just strange that an Iraqi Arab who calls himself a nationalist is so much against other's from his own people (other Arabs living in NEIGHBOURING Arab countries) because of recent politics.

Anyway it's a strange discussion in my eyes. How can an Arab like yourself hate your own people - other Arabs? I guess you would have loved them if must were Shia's and not Sunnis.

It's strange to see some Iraqi Shi'ah Arabs denounce their own heritage when somebody talks about Arab unity but when it suits them they boost about their Arab heritage (usually when they speak with other non-Arab Muslims)

You don't ever hear about any Iraqi Sunni Arabs that wish death/destruction to their Arab brothers just across the border. Even if they are not from the same tribe.

Anyway it's your own business who you hate or not but don't except other Arabs (be it Iraqis or some other Arabs) not to react when someone else wishes death and destruction to other Arab nations.

I don't know the history of the Khazali tribe but I guess it's an Arab tribe and not a Turkmen or Kurdish tribe. Do you also wish death and destruction to Arab's from the Khazali tribe who live outside of Iraq?

Iraqi is an nationality and not an ethnicity but we are all proud of the country and it's history. But Iraqi Arabs are ARABS who live in Iraq. You can love both the country you are from/live in and the ethnic group you belong to and it's history and I am sure that must do exactly that. At least they are proud of their history, tribes etc. and look past recent secterianism and politics.

Anything else would be very strange.

makaay31

June 17th, 2012, 07:18 PM

You don't ever hear about any Iraqi Sunni Arabs that wish death/destruction to their Arab brothers just across the border. Even if they are not from the same tribe.

Lol, are you sure? I just have read something like that on the forum..

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 07:21 PM

Are you serious? Kurds and Turkomen who were our neighbours in Baghdad, have the same dialect, accent, went to the same schools, universities, mosques, suffered the same tyranny, wars, displacements and hardships...and have been in Iraq "only" 400 years!?

OK, this really is going nowhere. The Khazali is Arabic, but I don't care about that, nor about Arab identity.

And no, I don't want all Iraqis to be Shia, I want them all to be atheists, but if I had to choose a religion, I would go for Christianity.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 07:32 PM

Lol, are you sure? I just have read something like that on the forum..

Yes, I am pretty sure. Deep down inside I don't think any Iraqi Arab be it Sunni or Shi'ah wishes death and destruction to their own people in other countries.

Spin Cycle:

Yes, they live in Iraq and have lived in Iraq in recent history. Of course they will be part of the culture in Iraq - which is 80 percent Arab.

I thought we were talking about who we had more in common with. And that's of course Arabs and not people that are not related to Arabs.

I have nothing in common with a Yazidi (Indo-Iranian people) despite them living in Northern Iraq and being Iraqis. Their origin is different, they speak a different langauge, they have a different culture and customs, their religion is different etc.

Just like Russians and Chechens have little in common but both are Russian citizens.

Once again - Iraqi is not a race it's a nationality. There is a huge difference between that.

Ok, so the Khazali tribe is Arabic whether you like it or not. That means you are an Iraqi Arab. Iraqi by nationality and Arab by ethnicity like 80 percent of all Iraqis.

Now when we have that shorted out then how can you hate your own people? Do your parents also hate their own people and culture because of recent politics and secterianism?

Just because you don't care about your people and family history other's are not bound to do the same. You are even an atheist. So how representative do you think you are to other Iraqi's when you are against Arabs (your own people and the ethnicity of 80 percent of all Iraqis) and the religion (Islam) of 98 percent of all Iraqis?:ohno:

Please understand the fact that I find your arguments/views alien to me and the vast majority of Arabs be it Iraqi or Syrian etc.

Spin Cycle

June 17th, 2012, 07:43 PM

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 07:52 PM

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 07:54 PM

yes, I get it, Iraq is 80% Arab, you don't have to keep repeating it. I don't have a problem being an Arab, I just don't care.

And you really think 98% is Muslim? There is almost certainly a much higher percentage of non-believers, but for obvious reasons, people don't maker it public.

In fact, I think Iraqi identity is strong, and the trend toward non-belief perhaps even stronger. Even the believers are not that religious. So I'm not as non-representative as you imagine.

Ok, but it seemed like you ignored it. Fair enough but how can you be indifferent? It makes little sense in my eyes. You can change appearance, religion, social status, jobs even wife but you can't change your origin.

98 percent regard themselves as Muslims - that's the most important thing. Some are more religious some less. Other's identity themselves in a Islamic cultural context. Even all those atheist's I know have respect for their origin/culture and if they should choose a religion/culture to identify with they would still choose their own even when atheists.

Of course Iraqi identity is strong. Like any other identity today. That's not the point.

Also, as I have told you 3 times now, then you can love your country Iraq and it's people but also your ethnicity (Arab).
I don't know if you are born in Iraq or somewhere else but I know several Arabs who were born in the West. They love their ethnicity (Arab) and the countries of their parents AND the country of their birth.
Just like most Iraqis love Iraq and their origin (Arab, Kurd, Assyrian, Turkmen)

I hope you understand what I am trying to tell you here.

makaay31

June 17th, 2012, 07:55 PM

Thank you Chounz, well said

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 08:13 PM

Honestly I as an Iraqi Arab don't feel I have anything at all in common with a Saudi. Like Spin Cycle said, having the same last name as someone means nothing to me.

We have a more similar culture to Syrians and Jordanians for example than Khaleejis but I would still relate much more with an Iraqi of any ethnicity (Not including Kurds from Kurdistan) than a non-Iraqi Arab. There is literally no difference between me and an Iraqi Mandean from Baghdad or even an Iraqi Assyrian from Baghdad. They are my people.

I don't see how ethnicity or religion matters.

This is exactly how I feel.

Hashimi there is nothing particularly wrong with how you think of it I guess it's just a matter of personal preference; but I'm sure that if you had grown up in Baghdad you would not feel this way.

Seriously Chounz? So you don't realize how similar Arab culture is in all Arab countries? You don't find it fantastic that you share a origin, language, customs, culture and often tribal relations with another Arab be it Jordanian or Saudi? How many people can say that about a "stranger" from another country?

If you travelled to let's say Chile and meet a Saudi would you not feel closer to him than if you meet a Chinese for those reasons I mentioned (common language, culture, customes, origin and often tribal connections)?

Of course every Arab country has it's own distinct culture. I mean that's the case in Iraq also among Arabs and different provinces. That's only a good thing. But that's not the point.

80 percent of all Iraqis are still Arabs and we share so many things in common more than the opposite. Especially us Arabs from the Middle East.

You mentioned Mandean and Assyrian. They are Semetic like us Arabs, have a similar language and have lived in the area for thousands of years.

But of course you will feel more close to an Iraqi than anyone else outside of the country. That's only a normal thing. Anything else would be strange. And I have never disputed that.

An Anbari is even more close to an Anbari than an Basrawi. An Iraqi Arab from Ramadi is more close to an Iraqi Arab from Ramadi than an Iraqi Arab from Fallujah despite them being two very similar cities.

I am talking about it in a wider perspective and my posts was a reply to Spin Cycle's posts about him being completely indifferent to his people (Arabs).

And I would probably have slightly different opinion if I had lived in Baghdad all my life but I am also 100 percent sure that the essence of my point's that I have made in this debate would be the same.

And I love all different ethnic groups living in Iraq I am just saying that I as a partial Iraqi Arab have more in common with Iraqi Arabs and other Arabs then let's say Kurds, Turkmens and Yazidis. But that does not mean that I don't regard them as Iraqis.:)

I am sorry if someone misunderstood my posts.

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 08:23 PM

There are exceptions though.

For example, people in Anbar province would probably relate more with people in Deir ez Zor province across the Syrian border because they are literally the same people divided apart by the border.. Families were split apart when the border was created. The people of Deir ez Zor are practically Iraqis.. same dialect same culture same everything. The cities in Deir Ez Zor along the Euphrates river are a continuation of all the cities in in Anbar on the the Euphrates; on the opposite side of the border.

Also, Anbar is still sort of a tribal area as opposed to big cities in Iraq. And like I said the same families or tribes were divided into seperate regions by the border. This is why Anbaris might feel closer to Deir ez Zoris than say a Kurd from Baghdad.

The same would not apply to Jordan or Saudi Arabia because their closest cities to Iraq are extremely far the border and so it's pretty obvious that it's a completely different region with a completely different people.

You're also forgetting that Mesopotamia is a completely different region from the Levant or the Gulf (Hejaz/Najd,etc.) Iraqis are people of the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, all our religions and ethnicities have intermarried and mixed with each other for centuries. We as Iraqis are a different people from other Arabs, I just don't see how we would have more in common with other Arabs than with each other.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 08:37 PM

Nobody disputed that Iraqi Arabs are more close to their own than other Arabs. Saudis be it Hejazi, Najdi, Northern Bedouin close to Iraq and Jordan, from the Eastern Province or Aseer and Najran. All 5 different people but due to Saudi Arabia being one country for 86 years now they are more close to each other than Iraqi and Jordanian Bedouins, Yemenis or Bahrainis etc.

Brother, fact still remains that 80 percent of all Iraqis are Arabs and those Arabs are more close to other Arabs than people living in Iraq that have no connection to Arabs other than living in a country with a majority of Arabs.

Also let me not mention tribal connections or genetics that show that Iraqi Arabs are very close to other Arabs (basically same people) from the Middle East. As an example you have 3 million Iraqi Arabs from the Al-Shammar tribe. In Saudi Arabia you have 2 million. It's the same tribe and they are related. Can you say the same about a Kurd, Turkmen, Yazidi or Assyrian other than they both have a Iraqi passport and SOME have intermarried?

It's only a minority that have intermarried and that's mostly in the North (Arab-Kurdish marriages).

In the South, West, East and Southeast of Iraq that's a very rare thing. If there are intermarriages it's between Iraqi Arab Sunnis and Iraqi Arab Shia's.

Also, all Arabs are mixed. In Yemen most have mixed with East Africans. In Saudi Arabia virtually everyone that borders Saudi Arabia, in Oman Baluch people and other immigrants, in Levant even more.

I am talking about Arabs from the Middle East. Not Morrocans or Algerians for example. :)

I think all this I have said can't be denied but at the same time it's true that Iraqi Arabs have more in common with other Iraqi Arabs than other Arabs. That's the case with EVERY Arab nation.:)

But that does by no means equal that we have little/nothing in common with each other which is obviously nonsense. We have the most important things in common such as origin, language, culture, custome, religion and very often tribal connections. What more do we need to deem each other similar? The same passport?:)

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 09:14 PM

Seriously Chounz? So you don't realize how similar Arab culture is in all Arab countries? You don't find it fantastic that you share a origin, language, customs, culture and often tribal relations with another Arab be it Jordanian or Saudi? How many people can say that about a "stranger" from another country?

Yeah I know what you mean, it is definitely really strange, in a good way, it's nice.. but that's it.. it's just nice. :D I do have some Arab pride. I like visiting Arab countries and meeting Arabs because we of course do have a similar culture and history. But I wouldn't be able to relate with a non-Iraqi arab more than with another Iraqi (no matter what ethnicity) It's your own people, you can't help it.

And I love all different ethnic groups living in Iraq I am just saying that I as a partial Iraqi Arab have more in common with Iraqi Arabs and other Arabs then let's say Kurds, Turkmens and Yazidis. But that does not mean that I don't regard them as Iraqis.:)

That's fine. That's just how you feel, I'm sure others feel that way too. It's not a issue. :)

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 09:20 PM

Yeah I know what you mean, it is definitely really strange, in a good way, it's nice.. but that's it.. it's just nice. :D I do have some Arab pride. I like visiting Arab countries and meeting Arabs because we of course do have a similar culture and history. But I wouldn't be able to relate with a non-Iraqi arab more than with another Iraqi (no matter what ethnicity) It's your own people, you can't help it.

That's fine. That's just how you feel, I'm sure others feel that way too. It's not a issue. :)

Well then we agree with everything expect the part of feeling more close with a Yazidi than an Syrian Arab for example just because the former has an Iraqi passport.

Otherwise we are in complete agreement. And I am not an Arab nationalist I am just proud of being an Arab and find it sad when other Arabs (Iraqi Arabs) feel indifferent considering our own countries great Arab/Islamic past that only Saudi Arabia can rival. Just like I am proud about my mother's European ancestry (Spanish and French). I think all people are proud of their ancestry/countries no matter how many bad things have happened. Even if you want to renounce it there is some part in you that says it's wrong. I know this because once when I was younger I sometimes felt embarrased about being an Arab due to the political climate. I regret that very much today. But well that's my own personal story but I feel it's the same with everyone else, Arab or Mongolian.:)

And I also know that the recent secterianism have a lot to say in that part. I understand this to an extent.

For example I fully understand why Iraqi Arab Shia's can have a hatred towards Saudi Arabs or Iraqi Sunni Arabs that are Wahhabiyya and who have blown themselves up in Iraq. But that's not reason enough to renounce your origin.:)

And I also know that there is much to be sad about when being an Arab especially in our times. But Insha'Allah it will improve.

Thank you for a nice and civil discussion. Also to you Spin Cycle.

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 09:41 PM

Well then we agree with everything expect the part of feeling more close with a Yazidi than an Syrian Arab for example just because the former has an Iraqi passport.

Hahah it's not about having the passport! It seems like you're saying the only thing Iraqi about a Yezidi is that he has the passport.

I'm trying to think of a good enough way to explain it to you because I sort of feel there's something you're not able to grasp..

Just imagine someone who was born on the same soil as you.. who lived by the same river.. you both had the same childhood and played the same games as kids... your parents shout out the same lines when they get mad at you... you both have a similar group of friends and would hit on girls in the exact same manner... you both lived under the same dictator... and then the regime that came afterwards.. you both have uncles or cousins that died in the same war... you both have the same bad fashion and hairstyle.... you even look the same... you're an Arab from Baghdad and he's a Yezidi from Mosul....... you look at him and it's as if you're looking at your self in the mirror!

Let's say you then left Iraq in your 20's or 30's and moved to Riyadh. I don't understand how it's possible that you can relate more to a Saudi that has lived a COMPLETELY different life than you have. I just can't imagine it..

Ali - Iraq

June 17th, 2012, 09:45 PM

Guys discuss this in another thread like the Baghdad Cafe or Politics, not here. You have ruined mkay's thread for god sake! :D

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 09:47 PM

This is why I'm saying you have to imagine yourself as an Iraqi who has lived his whole life in Iraq. You wouldn't feel the same.

I haven't lived in Iraq which is why I'm having a tough time explaining it you... It would be a lot easier if I had.
I haven't been through all that so it's not from personal experience I'm trying to imagine myself as someone who had..

Ali - Iraq

June 17th, 2012, 09:47 PM

wtf xD

sheytanElKebir

June 17th, 2012, 09:53 PM

health sector????? why is tariq al hashimi's nephew bringing up his cr*p in every thread?? don't you have some traitors to whack?

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 09:57 PM

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 10:09 PM

health sector????? why is tariq al hashimi's nephew bringing up his cr*p in every thread?? don't you have some traitors to whack?

I am not related to Tariq Al-Hashimi and I have not started this discussion but nevertheless it's an important and interesting discussion. The only problem is that it does not belong in this thread.

And your last comment is just a stupid comment not worthy your age.

sheytanElKebir

June 17th, 2012, 10:15 PM

I was being sarc-ars-tic.

al hashimi. I made a thread for your questions. we'll answer it all there.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=92463439

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 10:30 PM

I hear you brother. Good explanation. But I think we need to make a difference between the area/society that makes you the same (for example yourself as an Iraqi born outside of Iraq who have had more or less the same experiences/exposure to a given culture in the country you live in like an local from the country of your birth. The same can be said about an Iraqi Arab and an Iraqi Yazidi.

My point was more in the cultural and ancestral department. Not as much the society/country they have grown up in

Hmmm yes I see what you mean. That's two different ways of looking at it. It's slightly different though from your example above, I was pretty much 'dropped' into England whereas Yezidis were not just dropped into Iraq. They (along with other Iraqi ethnicities) have lived in the same cities alongside Iraqi arabs for more than half a millenium and perhaps even a thousand years. Iraqis' culture, traditions, customs, and even dialect has taken from all it's ethnicities. All these different religions and ethnicities contributed to Iraqi culture as we know it.

Let me give you an example. You say you are born outside of Iraq like me. I am sure that you have Iraqi friends that have the same background as you (Iraqis born outside of Iraq). Do you agree with me that you will feel closer to that Iraqi born outside of Iraq in the same country like you than a local from your country of birth? I think that's why an Iraqi Arab always will feel closer to his own kind rather than the Iraqi Yazidi who although an Iraqi as well don't share the same ancestry, culture, costumes and religion etc. You know:) Hard to explain.

Yes as an Iraqi Arab I would probably feel closer to another Iraqi Arab than to an Iraqi Yezidi. BUT I would feel closer to an Iraqi Yezidi than to a Saudi.

Perhaps that's just where we disagree. :)

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 10:44 PM

Hmmm yes I see what you mean. That's two different ways of looking at it. It's slightly different though from your example above, I was pretty much 'dropped' into England whereas Yezidis were not just dropped into Iraq. They (along with other Iraqi ethnicities) have lived in the same cities alongside Iraqi arabs for more than half a millenium and perhaps even a thousand years. Iraqis' culture, traditions, customs, and even dialect has taken from all it's ethnicities. All these different religions and ethnicities contributed to Iraqi culture as we know it.

Yes as an Iraqi Arab I would probably feel closer to another Iraqi Arab than to an Iraqi Yezidi. BUT I would feel closer to an Iraqi Yezidi than to a Saudi.

Perhaps that's just where we disagree. :)

I also understand what you are saying but we also need to acknowledge that for example Yazidis, Kurds and Turkmens are a completely different people in terms of ancestry, culture, customes and language etc.

Yes, they have been influenced by the Arab culture in Iraq and SOME have mixed with each other (still a very small minority overall) but what makes you relate to them is the fact that those groups live in the same country and have been influenced by the dominant culture in Iraq (Arab) and also been through/experienced the same things as citizens of Iraq. But that's about it and were all similarities ends in my humble opinion at least.

So it depends what you value. For me, a person who have only visited Iraq and is not related to Iraqi Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Mandeans or Yazidis I feel a much closer relations with other Arabs like me also in terms of culture, customes, the feeling of "brotherhood" etc. All what makes an ethnic group and ethnic group.

I am sure, as said previously, that it would be a different matter had I lived in Mosul for example all my life. Unless I was an Arab nationalist lol.:)

But yeah, it's two different things and it depends on what you consder most important and whether you identify yourself as an Iraqi nationalists or more with Arab culture as a whole.

Anyway brother, I think we have pissed off a few people so let us just leave this discussion or move it to another thread.:cheers:

Chounz

June 17th, 2012, 10:58 PM

I also understand what you are saying but we also need to acknowledge that for example Yazidis, Kurds and Turkmens are a completely different people in terms of ancestry, culture, customes and language etc.

Yes, they have been influenced by the Arab culture in Iraq and SOME have mixed with each other (still a very small minority overall) but what makes you relate to them is the fact that those groups live in the same country and have been influenced by the dominant culture in Iraq (Arab) and also been through/experienced the same things as citizens of Iraq. But that's about it and were all similarities ends in my humble opinion at least.

Yes you're right, I see what you mean. :)

Good discussion though.

Al-Hashimi

June 17th, 2012, 11:09 PM

Yes you're right, I see what you mean. :)

Good discussion though.

Yeah, it was a very interesting and civil discussion. May that be the standard in the future overall among us.:cheers:

Also let's get this thread back on topic.

Do anyone know how the state of the overall health sector looks like in Iraqi Kurdistan? I imagine it's better than in the rest of the country.

Sinjar

June 19th, 2012, 02:42 PM

More Than Twenty Medical Specializations in the Surgical Hospital

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EXCLUSIVE - Alkafeel

The member of the medical committee in Al Abbas Holy Shrine, and the supervisor on the hospital project, Dr. Haider AlBahadli explained to Alkafeel net: the hospital consists of 135 beds distributed according to the need, and it contains 12 operation halls, in addition to the emergencies and other clinics. The hospital is founded on an area of 2500 m2, and the area of the building is 4000 m2.

The centers and departments included within the hospital are:
1- Center for treatment of heart disease (diagnosis - Catheter - surgery - open-heart surgery)

2 - Organ transplantation Center (liver – kidneys - pancreas)

3 - Center for the transplantation of bone marrow

4 - General Surgery Center

5 - Center for urinary surgery

6 - Center for Ear, Nose and Throat

7 - Center of Ophthalmology

8 - Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

9 - Center for dental surgery and treatment

10 - Center for cosmetic surgery and burns

11 - Center for the treatment of chronic diseases

12 - Center for the treatment of infertility

13 - Center for Women and Obstetrics

14 - Center for the treatment of skin diseases

15 - Endoscopy Center and Digestive Surgery

16 - Center for the treatment of internal diseases and diabetes

17 - Department of Radiology

18 - Department of Emergency

19 - Laboratory of tests and pathological

20 - Department of Industrial College

Explaining: many other departments will be added after finishing the project, and these projects will be provided with all the needs of medics.

It is worth mentioning that the aim of establishing this project is to support the health sector in Iraq and in the holy city of Karbala, and to provide more beds to the 30% provided before and to complete so many other projects in the holy city of Karbala.

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3ankabot

June 19th, 2012, 03:52 PM

Hahah it's not about having the passport! It seems like you're saying the only thing Iraqi about a Yezidi is that he has the passport.

I'm trying to think of a good enough way to explain it to you because I sort of feel there's something you're not able to grasp..

Just imagine someone who was born on the same soil as you.. who lived by the same river.. you both had the same childhood and played the same games as kids... your parents shout out the same lines when they get mad at you... you both have a similar group of friends and would hit on girls in the exact same manner... you both lived under the same dictator... and then the regime that came afterwards.. you both have uncles or cousins that died in the same war... you both have the same bad fashion and hairstyle.... you even look the same... you're an Arab from Baghdad and he's a Yezidi from Mosul....... you look at him and it's as if you're looking at your self in the mirror!

Let's say you then left Iraq in your 20's or 30's and moved to Riyadh. I don't understand how it's possible that you can relate more to a Saudi that has lived a COMPLETELY different life than you have. I just can't imagine it..

Beautiful :applause:

3ankabot

June 19th, 2012, 03:53 PM

Thank you Sinjar, great news. :)

Ali - Iraq

June 19th, 2012, 04:55 PM

Rahmallah waldek ya Sinjar!

makaay31

June 19th, 2012, 04:57 PM

Thanks Sinjar, very good

makaay31

June 19th, 2012, 08:55 PM

Diwaniyah

المباشرة بتنفيذ المستشفى التخصصي لطب الأسنان في الديوانية
04-06-2012 04:48 مساء

الديوانية/ واب/ باشرت الكوادر الهندسية التابعة لقسم العقود في ديوان محافظة الديوانية، بإكمال مشروع المركز التخصصي في المحافظة.
وقال مدير قسم الهندسة بديوان المحافظة اسعد حميد لوكالة أنباء بغداد الدولية/ واب/ إن "هذا المشروع ضمن خطة تنمية الأقاليم لعام 2005 الذي كان من المشاريع المتلكئة، وبكلفة إجمالية تبلغ 897 مليون دينار وتنفذه شركة الرشيد العامة للمقاولات أحدى تشكيلات وزارة الصناعة والمعادن".
وأضاف أن "هذا المشروع هو الأول من نوعه في المحافظة من حيث الأجهزة التي ستدخل إليه من مناشئ ايطالية بمواصفات حديثة وعالية الدقة"، مبينا ان "المشروع نفذ على مساحة تقدر 900م2 وبنسبة انجاز 80%، إذ يتضمن المستشفى صالة عمليات للأسنان وردهات للمرضى وقاعات كبيرة للمحاضرات، فضلاً عن قسم الأشعة وقسم لفحص أمراض اللثة وقسم لتقويم وترميم الأسنان وقسم لقلع وحشو الأسنان"./انتهى

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Ali - Iraq

August 5th, 2012, 05:27 PM

Italian, French, German Companies To Install Iraq Surgical Rooms
Iraq signed contracts worth a total of $152 million with Italian, German and French companies to build and supply 76 operating rooms at 19 hospitals across the country, a Health Ministry official said.
Sorima Hospital Development of Italy, Ermedi International of France, and Germany’s Viessmann Technologies GmbH and HT Labor + Hospital Technik AG will each build 19 operating rooms, Qais Jaffar, deputy director general of imports for the State Co. for Importation and Distribution of Drugs and Medical Appliances in the Health Ministry, said in an interview in Baghdad today. The operating rooms are due to be completed within a year from next month, he said.
The Health Ministry will announce next month a second tender for the construction and supply of another 76 operating rooms in 19 hospitals, he said.
To contact the reporters on this story: Khalid Al-Ansary in the Baghdad through the Dubai newsroom at
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephen Voss at sev@bloomberg.net
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-05/italian-french-german-companies-to-install-iraq-surgical-rooms.html

Sinjar

August 6th, 2012, 01:49 AM

Iraq's Hajji the healer: creams and circumcisions

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Salman al-Khafaji is one of a dwindling number of mostly men who have filled gaps in Iraq's health system (AFP/File, Sabah Arar)

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Salman al-Khafaji opened his own clinic in his parents' home after working in government-run hospitals for 21 years (AFP/File, Sabah Arar)

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Salman al-Khafaji has used home-made therapeutic concoctions, mostly for the treatment of burn victims (AFP/FIle, Sabah Arar)

By Salam Faraj (AFP), BAGHDAD — Every day dozens of people flock to Salman al-Khafaji's clinic in central Baghdad, hoping the octogenarian can treat their ailments where the Iraqi capital's hospitals and doctors have failed.

Khafaji is one of a dwindling number of mostly men who have filled gaps in Iraq's health system which during the 1990s was short on medicine as a result of the embargo imposed on the country for Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

And later, following the 2003 invasion, the system was overwhelmed by countless victims of violence.

The 82-year-old specialises -- to the extent that such a thing is possible -- in concocting mixtures of ointments, medicines and creams to treat skin problems.
He also carries out circumcisions in a room in his home, and has done so for 53 years.

"Sometimes I receive people suffering from burns who have come directly from Yarmuk hospital, or Medical City, or others," he says, referring to some of the city's largest hospitals.

"They need constant care for long sessions, and that is not always available in hospitals."

The walls of Khafaji's house in Karrada, Baghdad's main commercial district, are lined with framed verses from the Koran and also paintings of the Virgin Mary.

Patients walk along a short corridor to a waiting room in the corner of his home and are then treated in an adjoining area that is separated only by a two-metre-high (6.5 feet) curtain.

Khafaji also maintains another room for patients who need to fully disrobe for treatment.

And while he dons a clean white doctor's coat, none of his patients refer to him as such, instead calling him simply Hajji -- a title literally given to those who have undertaken Islam's holy pilgrimage, the Hajj.

In many cases, Hajji is also used as an honorific for older men.

On one day, 16-year-old Mohammed Hassan lay on Khafaji's bed, with bandages and gauze covering parts of his head, arms and legs.

The teenager, a resident of the Baghdad Jadidah neighbourhood in the east of the capital, was burned in a fire that broke out in a car he was in.

"After I left the hospital having been treated, doctors said I just needed some time to recover," he says.

"But the effects of the burns and the pain continued, and I did not feel better until I came here."

Khafaji trained as a nurse in 1957, working in government-run hospitals for 21 years in Baghdad, the western province of Anbar and the southern province of Wasit.

Two years later, he opened his own clinic in his parents' home.

During the late 1970s, he quit his job as a nurse and focused full-time on the clinic, which is open seven days a week and where individual sessions cost 40,000 dinars, or about $32.

"The worst cases we receive are for people who have suffered burns because of incidents involving electricity short-circuits or hot asphalt," says Safaa al-Khafaji, one of the clinician's three sons who work with him.

The situation is a far cry from the peak of Iraq's sectarian war from 2006 to 2008, when the clinic treated countless victims of violence.

Over the years, Khafaji, a father of five and grandfather of 15, has treated family members of top officials, including the sons of Tareq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's deputy prime minister who is now in an Iraqi jail awaiting execution.

He says his patients also include foreigners living in Iraq -- people hailing from Bangladesh, India, and from other Arab countries including, most recently, a Lebanese woman earlier this year who sought his help for a skin problem.

Throughout, he has used home-made therapeutic concoctions, mostly for the treatment of burn victims, helping to ease their pain and covering their scars.

Iraqi medical officials insist that patients should be treated only in hospitals or by qualified doctors, but acknowledge that because of long-held traditions, Iraqis still visit traditional healers like Khafaji.

"I checked with four doctors in Iraq and I travelled to Egypt twice for treatment, but there was limited improvement in my condition," says Adil Mohammed, who travelled from Hilla, 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Baghdad, to be treated by Khafaji.

Mohammed, 47, had lesions on his right thigh and said that while doctors advised him to pursue laser treatment, "after a few treatment sessions here, I feel much better."

Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.

IraqiPlan_et

August 9th, 2012, 09:35 AM

European Companies to Build Iraqi Operating Theaters
8 Aug 2012

Iraq has signed contracts worth a total of $152 million with four European companies to build medical facilities throughout the country.

Sorima Hospital Development of Italy, Ermedi International of France, Viessmann Technologies GmbH of Germany, and HT Labor & Hospital Technik AG, also of Germany, will each build 19 operating theaters.

Qais Jaffar, deputy director general of imports for the State Company for Importation and Distribution of Drugs and Medical Appliances, which is part of the Ministry of Health, told Bloomberg that the theaters are due to be completed within a year from September.

The Health Ministry will announce next month a second tender for the construction and supply of another 76 operating rooms in 19 hospitals, he said.

makaay31

August 28th, 2012, 01:15 PM

Najaf

Look at the awesome buildings being built in the surrounding area

مراحل بناء مركز معالجة الإمراض السرطانية في النجف الاشرف

بدأت الكوادر الهندسية المباشرة بالعمل على تنفيذ مركز الإمراض السرطانية (الاشعاعي ) قرب مبنى قصر الثقافة والذي يضم معجلين خطيين (أجهزة لمعالجة الأورام بالإشعاع) يضاف لهما معجلان آخران في مستشفى النجف التعليمي حيث ان المعجل الخطي الواحد يعالج نحو 150 مريضا أسبوعيا ،
المدير المفوض لشركة البصرة للهندسة والمقاولات وهي الشركة المنفذة للمشروع السيد مالك باقر قال في معرض حديثه عن ملائمة البناية ومدى خطورتها من ناحية التسرب الإشعاعي ومطابقتها للمواصفات العالمية (( إن التصميم النهائي للمركز مقدم من شركة سويسرية وتمت المصادقة عليه من قبل وزارة الصحة والغرف الحصينة التي توضع فيها المعجلات الخطية يبلغ عرض جدرانها 2,40م وهي مطابقة للمواصفات العالمية وتمنع أي تسرب إشعاعي للخارج ويتم تنفيذ هذه الغرف بإشراف نفس الخبير الألماني الذي يتولى تنفيذ الغرف الحصينة في مستشفى النجف التعليمي )) ان المشروع يتم تنفيذه بتمويل من هيئة أعمار محافظة النجف الاشرف بكلفة إجمالية تبلغ 12مليار دينار على مساحة 3000 م2 وقد بوشر العمل فيه أواخر العام الماضي على أن يتم انجازه بمدة 540 يوم حيث وصلت نسبة الانجاز لحد الآن 25% .
المهندس علي عدنان المشرف على بناء المركز الإشعاعي تطرق إلى ان البناية تتكون من طابقين بالإضافة الى مصاعد عدد 2 مع نظام التبريد المركزي ومنظومات تدفئة وحريق وكهرباء متطورة ومنظومات إنذار مبكر ومولدات كبيره حيث تبلغ مساحة البناية 3000 م 2 الطابق الأول يتكون من مختبرات وغرفتين حصينتين بالصب المركزي تبلغ مساحة الصبة للجدران والسقوف 2م وذلك لتلافي خروج الإشعاعات من الغرف الحصينة المخصصة للعلاج .
الطابق الثاني يتكون من 30 غرفة منها غرف الكادر الطبي (Rooms medical staff ) وغرف الأطباء المتخصصين (Rooms specialist doctors ) وغرف زرق الجرع الكيماوية (Rooms glaucoma chemical potions) مع استيراد أجهزة الإشعاع والمعجل الخطي (banker.st/scan) ويعرف ( جهاز فحص أشعة متطور المخصصة لفحص الدماغ والأجزاء الدقيقة في الجسم ) من شركة (verin) الأمريكية ذات مواصفات عالية وحديثه

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Sinjar

September 1st, 2012, 09:39 PM

Health fair attracts Iraqi investors

ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency. September/01/2012

The Iraqi government, which has vowed to restructure its hospitals as an overall effort to revive its war torn country, has decided to attend the Istanbul Health Expo Fair from Oct. 10 to 13. The Iraqi ministry of health will attend with a 40 person team of buyers.

The Iraqi government, which is trying to modernize its country, has set aside a $600 billion budget, $30 billion of which will go towards health sector spending. The Turkish medical sector is therefore eagerly looking for any opportunities that might arise from Iraq’s interest in revamping its hospitals.

makaay31

September 5th, 2012, 07:08 PM

Maysan

محافظ ميسان : انجاز 85 % من مشروع مستشفى الكحلاء التخصصي سعة 100 سرير

أوضح محافظ ميسان الأستاذ علي دواي لازم بأن العمل جاري على أنجاز المراحل النهائية من مشروع مستشفى الكحلاء العام سعة 100 سرير الواقع في قضاء الكحلاء والذي وصلت نسبة انجازه 85 % .

وقال محافظ ميسان في تصريح نقله المكتب الإعلامي : أن المشروع الذي تبلغ كلفته الإجمالية 23مليار و500 مليون دينار هو ضمن تخصيصات أنعاش الاهوار والذي تنفذه أحدى الشركات المحلية بمدة عمل 720 يوم وعلى مساحة تقدر بـ 25 دونم وصل الى نسبة أنجاز متقدمة 85% وهو الأن في طور انجاز المراحل النهائية من المشروع.

مشيراً : أن المستشفى ذو مواصفات حديثة وتتكون من بناية رئيسية من طابقين وعلى مساحة 800م2 وتتضمن على 7 غرف عمليات مقسمة الى 4 جراحية و2 للولادة وواحدة للعمليات الصغرى.

وتابع: كما تحتوي المستشفى على بناية تضم 12 عيادة استشارية لمختلف الاختصاصات ومختبرات و3 صيدليات ومخازن للأودية و بناية لدور سكن الأطباء بواقع 27 شقة.

مؤكدا : على أن العمل يسير بوتيرة عالية من أجل انجاز هذا المشروع الذي سيسهم في رفع من معاناة سكان الأهوار والأقضية والنواحي القريبة منه.

ومن الجدير بالذكر أن مستشفى الكحلاء سعة 100 سرير مزود بمنظومة الغازات الطبية المتكاملة وبأحدث التقنيات ومنظومة تبريد حديثة 1000 طن ومنظومة مراقبة فديوية وشبكة اتصالات متطورة ( انترنيت وهاتف) ومنظومة تحسس وإطفاء الحريق

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Ali - Iraq

September 6th, 2012, 11:56 PM

Kirkuk Health Dept urges all institutions to adhere to Anti-Smoking Program
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -Kirkuk Health Department called to activate and expand the Anti-Smoking programmes approved by the Health Ministry, urging to adhere to these programs by all the governmental departments.

The Director General of Kirkuk Health Dept, Sadiq Omar Rasoul said “This step must be circulated on all the governmental and non-governmental institution under the principle of smoke-free Ministries that was adopted earlier by the Ministry and circulated over all its departments and the other Ministries.”

Earlier, the Health Ministry has launched in last June a new national strategy to eliminate the smoking in Iraq on occasion of the International Day for Anti-Smoking.
http://www.iraqinews.com/features/kirkuk-health-dept-urges-all-institutions-to-adhere-to-anti-smoking-program/

makaay31

September 15th, 2012, 07:54 PM

Najaf

افتتاح القسم النسيجي السايكولوجي

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makaay31

September 16th, 2012, 05:22 PM

Najaf/Kufa

مشروع توسعة مستشفى الفرات الاوسط

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Why does the interior of (almost) every new hospital, school or some other building suck?? I hate this interior, it is so damn ugly(and they use the same stuff for every other new building). Look at the color of the walls(!), the doors (!!!!), the windows and the damn ceiling, it looks like crap.

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Chounz

September 16th, 2012, 05:40 PM

Why does the interior of (almost) every new hospital, school or some other building suck?? I hate this interior, it is so damn ugly(and they use the same stuff for every other new building). Look at the color of the walls(!), the doors (!!!!), the windows and the damn ceiling, it looks like crap.

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Looks like a bedroom on the 2nd floor of a house/villa.

They literally have no clue how hospitals and schools/universities are SUPPOSED to look... they need someone to teach them.

Ali - Iraq

September 16th, 2012, 06:01 PM

Looks like a bedroom on the 2nd floor of a house/villa.

They literally have no clue how hospitals and schools/universities are SUPPOSED to look... they need someone to teach them.
Inshallah you'll teach them in the future! :D

diako_ber

September 17th, 2012, 06:51 PM

This is a nice hospital in zakho

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diako_ber

September 17th, 2012, 06:53 PM

This is the Rizgari hospital in erbil before it was renovated:
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And after it was renovated:
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Chounz

September 17th, 2012, 06:57 PM

^^ Good renovation and that hospital in Zakho is very nice!

BigDreamer

September 18th, 2012, 12:28 AM

yes, the hospital in zakho looks great.

such a big contrast with the one in najaf/kufa just above it :lol:

Ali - Iraq

September 18th, 2012, 05:10 PM

Kirkuk Health Dept achieves highest level in vaccinations against polio
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Health Department of Kirkuk province completed “A campaign to vaccinate (199,000) children under five years old against polio disease during the first phase of the current Autumn campaign.”

The Ministry of Health reported that “The autumn vaccination campaigns achieved high level of completion across Iraq where the percentage of the vaccinated children in Kirkuk reached 96 %.”

“The second tour of this campaign will start on 14-18 of next October,” the statement added.

Ali - Iraq

September 18th, 2012, 11:22 PM

MOH establishes mobile clinic for early breast Cancer discovery
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -Baghdad Rusafa Department of Health within the Iraqi Ministry of Health opened a mobile medical clinic for the early detection of breast cancer tumors at the hospital of “Shahid Dhari al-Fayadh”.

Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) today received a statement from the Ministry saying that “The hospital of Shaheed Dhari al-Fayadh began examining patients for early detection of breast cancer tumors through its comprehensive education and the eradication of breast cancer by providing a free mobile medical clinic to examine the patients.”

It explained that “This mobile clinic is equipped with the latest medical equipment and radiographic examination (mammographic) sonar to detect early breast tumors.”

The statement mentioned that “The clinic provides medical scans for [20] patients per day.”

sheytanElKebir

September 21st, 2012, 11:47 PM

a team of doctors in Wasit carried out a separation of siamese twins. the operation lasted 4.5 hours on the new born babies.

Chounz

September 22nd, 2012, 12:02 AM

a team of doctors in Wasit carried out a separation of siamese twins. the operation lasted 4.5 hours on the new born babies.

Cool. Glad to hear..

makaay31

September 23rd, 2012, 09:38 PM

Najaf

مشروع انشاء مستشفى المناذرة الجديدة

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Ali - Iraq

October 2nd, 2012, 11:25 PM

Nursing institute inaugurated in Kirkuk
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Kirkuk Health Department inaugurated a nursing institute to graduate the nursing cadres in various specialties in the province.

The Ministry of Health reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com on Tuesday that ”The Administrative Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Khames al-Saad, stressed, during his last visit to the Health Department in Kirkuk province, on the inauguration of the nursing institute within the projects of the Ministry of 2012 – 2013.”

The statement added that ”The Director of the Planning and Health Education in Kirkuk Health Department, Bestan Adel, stressed the importance of this institute which will supply the health institutes with the health and nursing cadres of various specialties to fill all the required needs in this field.”

The statement pointed out that ”The institute will accept the graduators of the nursing secondary school and the junior high school for scientific branch in the province,” noting that “The graduates of the nursing institute will be appointed by the government.” \

Ali - Iraq

October 2nd, 2012, 11:28 PM

MoH establish medical dental units in governmental care houses
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Ministry of Health created new dental units in the governmental care institution for orphans, mental handicaped and disabled centers in Baghdad and other provinces.

The Ministry of Health reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com that ”The Ministry of Health cooperated with the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs and inaugurated new dental units in 50 governmental orphanages and the centers of the mental handicaped as well as the centers of the completely disabled people.”

The statement added that ”The medical unit will include a practiced dentist hired by the concerned health department and the dentist will be replaced each six months.”

The statement pointed out that ”The medical unit will provide dental curative and preventive services and it will refer the patients whose cases require special kind of treatment service to the specialized dental centers nearby within the geographical area of the unit.” \

Ali - Iraq

October 10th, 2012, 11:28 AM

Wide preventive campaign against cholera launched in Maysan
Maysan (IraqiNews.com) -The medical cadres in Maysan province carried out preventive measures and inspection campaigns on the RO domestic water stations and the governmental water plans after the outbreak of some infections of cholera in some Iraqi provinces.

The head of Health and Environment Committee within Maysan Provincial Council, Maytham Lafta al-Fartousi, pointed out that “The health teams in Maysan launched inspection campaigns for the water domestic RO stations as well as the governmental water plans after emerging many illnesses of cholera epidemic where the first infection was in Sulaimaniya province.”

He warned the citizens from “Having snacks from the uncovered foods at markets.”

Sinjar

October 16th, 2012, 11:58 PM

Iraq relying more and more on foreign medical doctors

By Ali Al-Fiyadh, Azzaman, October 14, 2012

Iraq, a country which used to export medical personnel to other states, is relying more and more on foreign doctors.

The health system, despite massive allocations, has still not recovered and in certain specializations and consultancies there are not enough Iraqi medical specialists to support the system.

Prior to the 2003-U.S. invasion and despite the then crippling U.N. trade sanction Iraqi consultants attracted patients from across the Middle East.

But many of the country’s big medical minds have fled due to the upsurge in violence that immediately followed the U.S. invasion.

As a result, the Health Ministry says there is a shortage of doctors particularly for major operations and that the dearth of personnel has compelled it to employ foreign doctors.

Today, foreign medical doctors are present in many Iraqi hospitals. Even the presence of foreign nurses is no longer unusual.

But the influx of foreign doctors, among them scores of Iranian medical specialists, is leading to both tension and alienation on the part of local staff.

Foreign doctors and nurses are usually better paid and given extra perks and privileges than their Iraqi counterparts.

But in special areas there are simply no Iraqi doctors left to do the job.

Only last month, the health authorities in the southern Province of Wasit struck a deal with many Iranian medical specialists as provincial hospitals had stopped performing operations due to lack of specialized personnel.

The authorities have been criticized for bringing in Iranians to Iraqi hospital but they retort that the measure is primarily meant to save lives.

Iranian medical personnel in Iraq get up to $3500 a month.

Sinjar

October 19th, 2012, 08:39 PM

Iraq hires Indian nurses to plug shortfall

BAGHDAD — Iraq has welcomed dozens of Indian nurses in recent days to plug a shortfall in its hospitals and healthcare facilities, which have suffered tremendous attrition in recent years, officials said.

A total of 31 Indian nurses have arrived to work in the southern province of Diwaniyah, and 35 have been assigned to Baghdad's Medical City hospital, though information on hirings in other provinces was not immediately clear.

"They will be divided into several groups depending on their specialities and experiences," Diwaniyah health department chief Adnan Turki told AFP on Friday. "Their presence will help to fill the shortage of nurses in our province."

On October 8, the health ministry introduced 35 Indian nurses who had been assigned to Medical City hospital, which lies in north Baghdad.

"We are expecting a very nice experience here," Marly Thomas, a 24-year-old nurse from Lucknow in India's Uttar Pradesh province said at the time. "We are all thinking that we will learn more from here."

The Indian embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment, nor did a spokesman for Iraq's health ministry.

Iraq's healthcare system has been improving in the years since the worst of the country's communal bloodshed, when hospitals were flooded with injuries and fatalities tied to the rampant violence.

But it still suffers from "massive attrition" of health-care professionals, said a UN report issued last year.

Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.

Chounz

October 19th, 2012, 09:55 PM

I don't understand why they don't hire Iraqi nurses?

Ali - Iraq

October 19th, 2012, 10:00 PM

I don't understand why they don't hire Iraqi nurses?
Two options. One of them is, lack of nurses. The second is these nurses who are hired are probably going to work in the ''dangerous'' areas of Iraq...? :S

sheytanElKebir

October 19th, 2012, 10:07 PM

not enough qualified nurses. especially not in the "poor" areas where nurses from the "nicer towns" are unwilling to relocate to.

Ali - Iraq

October 20th, 2012, 02:34 AM

MoH celebrates global day for washing hands at Adhamiya parks

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Ministry of Health has celebrated the occasion of the International Day for washing hands at Adhamiya parks. The celebration was attended by large gathering of families.

The Ministry reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The Ministry pays real attention to the subjects related to awareness and hygiene as well as the occasions which encourage cleanliness and the Ministry confirmed the importance of washing hands by the right methods especially for children based on the saying ”prevention is better than cure.”

The statement added ”The ceremony included awareness seminars and gifts distribution,” pointing that ”This occasion was endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations (World Health Organization).” \

Chounz

October 20th, 2012, 04:43 AM

not enough qualified nurses. especially not in the "poor" areas where nurses from the "nicer towns" are unwilling to relocate to.

I see, but what about all the graduates of nursing school in the areas mentioned (Baghdad and Diwaniyah) ...I mean every year there are hundreds of new graduates.... if there are Iraqi nurses sitting at home unemployed looking for jobs then they should be the priority.

sheytanElKebir

October 20th, 2012, 11:51 AM

no shortage of nurses in "nicer" parts of baghdad. but even if you go to sadr city... there's a shortage of nurses / doctors. Iraqis would rather sit at home and complain "the government is not providing jobs" than take a job they consider beneath them or in an area beneath them... (this is even more acute in the "medical" field than other fields) that's why I have said many times, higher education should not be free... why pay to teach someone medicine for tens of thousands of dollars.. to then see that person take his degree "somewhere nicer" and leave the poor people of thawra / amara / ramadi etc... (who paid for that person's degree out of their share of the oil money) in the lurch.

You may have heard of the annual "war" that happens when the ministry of health issues relocation notices to new doctors, and everyone wants to stay in central baghdad... I had suggested to some doctor in baghdad that the only way to solve this is to create a competitive "auction" for the open positions... e.g. a position in central baghdad can be auctioned off for a salary of $250/month (and it would be taken at that price)... whilst a position in Rutba or Majar al kabir would attract a salary of $4000/month before a doctor takes it. This way the doctors who go to "bad" areas are compensated for their effort, whilst doctors who insist on staying in baghdad get a pay commensurate with the supply-demand of doctors there.

needless to say, the doctor looked at me like I had murdered his grandmother!

Al-Hashimi

October 20th, 2012, 12:05 PM

fazl1991

October 20th, 2012, 06:59 PM

مجمع سفير الحسين (ع) الطبي

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Chounz

October 20th, 2012, 07:30 PM

Very nice! Good/modern equipment. Nice marble. Looks like a palace hah.

Where is that? Najaf/Karbala?

Chounz

October 20th, 2012, 07:34 PM

needless to say, the doctor looked at me like I had murdered his grandmother!

That would have been the most logical way to solve it. Not sure why they automatically reject good ideas.... shame.

fazl1991

October 20th, 2012, 07:39 PM

Very nice! Good/modern equipment. Nice marble. Looks like a palace hah.

Where is that? Najaf/Karbala?

Karbala

Al-Hashimi

October 20th, 2012, 08:06 PM

Ali - Iraq

October 21st, 2012, 03:05 PM

Babel Health Department equipped with sophisticated laboratory device for food inspection
Babel (IraqiNews.com) -Babel Heath Department equipped the General Health Laboratory at the province with sophisticated laboratory device for bacteriological examinations for samples of food received from Health Control Division to demonstrate its validity to the human consumption.

The bacteriologist, Iman Abdul Wahid, told IraqiNews.com on Sunday “The new advanced device which is the first of its kind in the Middle Euphrates provinces can inspect the validity of the food materials and those expired in an exceptional time ranges from 24 to 48 hours only, unlike the old adopted apparatuses.”

“The modern device can complete (64) test per day,” she pointed out.
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Apparently Babil is developing in every aspects at the moment, or is it just me? :D

Ali - Iraq

October 22nd, 2012, 12:20 PM

MoH closes 99 pharmacies

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Ministry of Health announced closing (99) private sector pharmacies, scientific offices and shops specialized in selling medical requirements during (489) inspection campaigns carried out by the inspection teams during last September.

The official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Ziyad Tariq, reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The inspection teams are going on in carrying out the inspection campaigns on pharmacies and shops which sell medical requirements, herbal medicine shops and warehouses of pharmaceuticals.”

The statement added ”The inspection teams carried out (498) inspection tours during last September that included (318) pharmacies, (32) scientific offices, (69) pharmaceuticals warehouses, (44) shops selling medical requirements, (18) fake pharmacies and (13) shops for selling herbal medicine.

makaay31

October 28th, 2012, 03:38 PM

Baghdad

مركز صحي نموذجي في شارع فلسطين

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fazl1991

November 6th, 2012, 02:20 PM

مجمع سفير الحسين (ع) الطبي @ work

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Sinjar

November 10th, 2012, 12:22 PM

المباشرة بتنفيذ مشروع مُستشفى الإمام الحُسين التخصُّصي للأمراض السرطانية

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imamhussain.org

قامت الشركة المتعاقد معها بالشروع بتنفيذ مُستشفى الإمام الحُسين ( عليه السلام) التخصُّصي للأمراض السرطانية ولتفاصيلٍ أكثر تحدَّث إلينا المهندس فوزي الشاهر قائلاً :
" تمَّت المباشرة بالأعمال التنفيذية في مُستشفى الإمام الحُسين ( عليه السلام) التخصُّصي للأمراض السرطانية على مساحة (000ر30م2) حيث يتضمّن المشروع أحدث تقنيات مُعالجة الأمراض السرطانية في العالم حيث يشتمل على العلاج الكيمياوي والإشعاع الذري بكلفة (34 مليون دولار) ، أمّا الأجهزة والمُعدَّات الطبيّة تبلغ قيمتها (22مليون دولار) ، أمَّا البنكرات والغُرف الحصينة فستُكلِّف( 4 - 5مليون دولار) وبعد الإنتهاء من المشروع سيكون هنالك كادر مختص بهذا الجانب من قبل شركة متخصِّصة في معالجة الأمراض السرطانية لتدريب الكوادر العراقية التي ستعمل في المشفى.

sheytanElKebir

November 10th, 2012, 02:15 PM

ministry of health is buying 7 ambulance helicopters from Germany. They will be based in Baghdad and will assist in MEDEVAC during the various visits to karbala shrines (a task which is now carried out by army aviation helicopters).

although the type is not stated... expect them to be EC145 (a modern version of Iraq's previous BK117 that was the main air ambulance in the 1980s and 1990s), or alternatively EC135s which are the civil version of the Iraqi Army's EC635 attack helos.

Sinjar

November 10th, 2012, 02:17 PM

^^
good news!

Ali - Iraq

November 12th, 2012, 01:30 PM

Iraq requesting for 2,000 Filipino doctors, nurses, but security issues remain – DOH
MANILA, Philippines — Iraq has been requesting for some 2,000 Filipino doctors and nurses for the past two years, but questions on security in the war-torn Middle Eastern country have persisted, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said on Monday.
In a press briefing, Ona said he was expecting the Iraqi ambassador to Manila, Dr. Wadee Al-Batti, to meet with him and seek permission to hire some “1,000 to 2,000 doctors, specialists and health workers from the Philippines.”
“They want as many nurses as we can give them… [but] we also want to be sure of (their) safety,” he added.
While the Department of Health was not totally turning down the request, Ona said the DOH would have to coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs, which has been enforcing a deployment ban in some parts of Iraq.
Early this year, the government lifted an eight-year ban on Filipino workers in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.
The DOH has also received similar requests for Filipino health workers from Holland, Africa and Barbados, Ona said.
Dr. Rustico Jimenez, president of the Private Hospital Association of the Philippines, said that “India has also reiterated its need for 200,000 Filipino nurses…but (our nurses) don’t want to go to India.”

haiderpass

November 14th, 2012, 03:23 AM

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Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has laid the foundation stone for a new hospital in Husseiniya, in the Al Rashidiya area of north Baghdad.
The Prime Minister said in his speech: with every step we make in the process of rebuilding Iraq, we are filled with joy and happiness, because we move forward after decades of suffering under the unwise policies of the former regime.

The health sector suffered a lot under Saddam’s regime, and it is not acceptable at all that there are some attempts to impede the government efforts to develop this sector under any political circumstances. It might be possible to disagree politically, but it is not possible or acceptable to disagree at the expense of the interests of citizens.

Iraq needs reforms and development efforts in the areas of healthcare, agriculture, industry, education, housing, etc., and even the ration card system is in need of reform, the Council of Ministers took a step in this context, when they issued a decision to provide all the materials of the ration card in the market and give each Iraqi citizen 15000 IQD. We are involved in reform efforts in all sectors, especially in the area of healthcare and building hospitals, and the establishment of health centers and specialized hospitals.

Chounz

November 14th, 2012, 06:18 AM

Found a video:

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WARNING: VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

15 minutes of Maliki's face and voice; please take caution while watching and only if you see yourself mentally fit to endure this. If you have high blood pressure or any heart problems please consult your doctor first. Not suitable for ages under 18.

alshawi1234

November 14th, 2012, 06:43 AM

Hmm, every project that Maliki lays the cornerstone to usually never gets built...

I have my fingers crossed for this one.

elusive

November 14th, 2012, 09:54 AM

haiderpass

November 14th, 2012, 10:10 AM

lol love the disclaimer...you forgot to mention: may induce seizures and early pregnancies

Due mean induce labour, or actuall conception.

cause i dont think hes that hot :lol:

elusive

November 14th, 2012, 10:21 AM

Due mean induce labour, or actuall conception.

cause i dont think hes that hot :lol:

lmao labour is what i mean! definitely not conception

Chounz

November 14th, 2012, 03:12 PM

:lol:

Sinjar

November 15th, 2012, 11:26 PM

Foreign firms win $290 million for two 400-bed hospitals in Iraq

By Adel Kadhem, Azzaman, November 15, 2012

Iraq is building two hospitals, 400-beds each, and at a cost of $290, a statement by the Ministry of Health said.

The statement said the ministry has already signed two contracts for the construction of both hospitals, one in the Province of Kirkuk and the other in the Province of Muthana.

The contracts are part of a plan to build 11 such hospitals across the country, the statement added.

A Turkish firm will be building the 400-bed hospital in the Province of Kirkuk at a cost of $145 million, the statement said.

The 400-bed hospital in the Province of Muthana will be built by a German firm at a cost of $145 million.

Sinjar

November 16th, 2012, 04:56 PM

Iraq to import air ambulance aircraft

2012-11-15

The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Thursday (November 15th) signed a memorandum of understanding with the German government to import seven modern air ambulance aircraft, the ministry said.

"Iraq has created for the first time an air ambulance unit to transport victims of terrorist attacks, traffic accidents and other emergencies, which requires importing special planes for this purpose," Deputy Health Minister Khamees al-Saad told Al-Shorfa.

The aircraft are expected to arrive in Iraq within a few months and to enter into service in Baghdad. Throughout the coming two years, more will arrive to cover other areas in the country, he said.

Euphrates

November 27th, 2012, 04:56 PM

Iraq works with Germany to create air rescue service
2012-11-26 By Khalid al-Taie in Baghdad

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Iraq is moving to establish an air rescue service. Above, a doctor tends to a patient at al-Sulaymaniyah hospital in northern Iraq. [David Furst/AFP]

The Iraqi Ministry of Health recently signed a memorandum of co-operation with its German counterpart to help develop an air rescue service in Iraq, officials said.

Under the first phase of the agreement, Germany will supply the ministry with seven modern air rescue helicopters for use in and around Baghdad, with the understanding that more aircraft will be imported in the future to cover the rest of the country's provinces, he said.

The Germans will also train and qualify Iraqi first aid staff in the area of air rescue operations, which the ministry seeks to establish as part of its policy to expand services offered to citizens, he said.

Tariq said his ministry set up a high committee for joint co-operation and co-ordination with the country's transport, interior and defence ministries, as well as with the intelligence service, to support the air rescue effort and provide logistical and technical help.

According to Dr. Mohammed Shuaib, general director of operations at the ministry, implementing the terms of the memorandum will not be easy.

"It will require time and extensive consultation to decide on which German companies […] to invite, study their offers and choose the best one," he said. "All of this could take as long as three years."

The other ministries will also have to co-ordinate with the health ministry to introduce these planes into service, commission them and specify where they are to be housed and maintained, he said.

The health ministry will provide the medical staff and air rescue crews for these aircraft after they complete their training at the hands of German experts, he added.

Air rescue services are of "great importance in saving the lives of injured people […] as well as patients in emergency situations", Shuaib said. "It will allow us to reach the site of [the emergency] swiftly, regardless of how remote it is, or whether the roads leading to it are jammed or rugged, in order to provide first aid to the wounded or the sick until they can be transferred to the nearest hospital."

Habib al-Tarfy, member of the parliamentary health committee, commended the health ministry's efforts to establish the airborne first aid service.

"We lack such a service in Iraq although it is found in most countries of the world," he said. "We feel it is important to act now to develop such a service and benefit from it."

"This memorandum will create new expertise and skills, for our health staff in particular, since the Germans have long experience in this field," he said.

Sinjar

November 30th, 2012, 05:11 PM

Good news!

alshawi1234

December 4th, 2012, 10:22 AM

http://www.almustakbalpaper.net/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=31201

Health ministry announces 8 hospitals with a total capacity of about 1100 beds.

Ali - Iraq

December 4th, 2012, 07:44 PM

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Ali - Iraq

December 5th, 2012, 10:25 PM

Maysan Governor concludes contract to hire Indian physicians

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Maysan (IraqiNews.com) -Maysan Governor Ali Dawai concluded a contract with the Indian International Company which is specialized in medicine field to hire 34 physicians and nurses to work in the province.

Maysan Governor reported “We contracted with the Indian International Co. to hire 10 doctors and 24 nurses at monthly cost reaches $ 89900.”

“The Indian medical staff would train the Iraqi medical staff which are operating within the health institutions related to Maysan Health Department,” he added.

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SumerianKing

December 5th, 2012, 11:11 PM

So stupid they always settle with the most cheapest!!

Ali - Iraq

December 8th, 2012, 09:52 AM

The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Wednesday (December 5th) launched a national campaign to vaccinate children against measles.

Dr. Hassan Hadi Baqer, general director of public health for the ministry, told Mawtani the campaign is slated to last until the middle of the month and will extend to all the country's provinces.

"Our primary health centres, scattered across Iraq, are continually working on inoculating children against measles, in addition to sending vaccination teams on field visits to homes to follow up on those who may have missed immunisation," he said.

Through the campaign, officials seek to transition from controlling the disease to totally eradicating it, he said.

"The ministry has stockpiled large quantities of measles vaccines to meet the needs of the campaign period and afterwards," Baqer said, adding that the vaccines were imported from well-known international suppliers and subjected to tests at ministry laboratories.

The ministry also mobilised "numerous immunisation teams, including fixed groups within health centres, as well as mobile ones that carry the vaccination to children under the age of five in their homes or at schools", he said.

'SAFE AND POTENT' VACCINES
Dr. Moatez Mohammed al-Jubury, director of the ministry's vaccinations programme, told Mawtani the campaign is to reach four and a half million children.

Those aged between six months and one year will be given a single-type measles vaccine, and children aged one to five years will be given mixed vaccines, he said.

"The vaccines are safe and potent, and proved successful in tests carried out by the ministry's centre for monitoring and drugs research, and they are certified by the World Health Organisation," al-Jubury said. "During the campaign, children will be given, in addition to these vaccines, doses of vitamin A to reinforce their immune systems."

He said the ministry has mobilised some 5,000 fixed and mobile health teams to carry out the vaccinations, with some travelling on foot within geographic areas near the health centres, and others taking vehicles to cover the residential areas far from these centres.

ON-GOING EFFORTS
Records indicate that around 27,000 Iraqi children were infected with measles between 2008 and 2010, according to al-Jubury.

"As a result of ceaseless efforts the ministry made to fight this disease, which is pandemic in Iraq, we were able to lower the incidence of the disease so that only one case was recorded this year, which is a major accomplishment," he said.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Iqbal, a member of the parliamentary health committee, welcomed the launch of the campaign.

"It was a good move on the part of the health ministry to completely wipe out this disease, taking Iraq back to its status as a country free of such viruses," he said.

It is important to reach as many Iraqi children as possible with this new campaign, using good quality and comprehensive vaccines with the ministry directly supervising the vaccination process, he said.

Iqbal also called on parents to help by co-operating with health teams to ensure the campaign's success.

sheytanElKebir

December 9th, 2012, 11:22 PM

GE joined hands with the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) to open a dedicated GE Healthcare Service Center in Baghdad specifically designed to meet the requirements of Iraq’s MoH network by bringing its global service capabilities and technology solutions to raise servicing standards in Iraq.

The GE Healthcare Service Center in Baghdad marks a first for GE in Iraq in customizing its global service systems and processes specifically to scale its services for the entire country. The Center will leverage GE’s global service and IT systems, processes and logistical expertise that have now been tailored to meet the service needs of GE equipment of MoH hospitals in Iraq. In partnership with its distributors, the central GE Healthcare Service Center in Baghdad will be supported by four support centers, three distributor repair centers and a ground force of 37 field engineers providing country-wide service coverage.

Aziz Koleilat, GE’s President & CEO for Iraq and Levant, said: “The Iraqi Ministry of Health is investing significantly in modernizing its healthcare infrastructure to meet the demand for enhanced health services. As the principal provider of both curative and preventive healthcare in the country, MoH has taken concerted initiatives to promote the operational efficiencies of the hospitals and provide timely care to the people. GE is a long-time partner in the social and economic growth of Iraq, and we are bringing our advanced healthcare systems and solutions to the country, which will be supported by a focus on training Iraqi healthcare professionals.”

“Bringing GE Healthcare’s advanced servicing capabilities form an essential part of our overall commitment to the Iraqi market,” said Maher Abouzeid, GE Healthcare’s President & Chief Executive Officer for Middle East and Pakistan. “Given the investments being made by the government in hi-tech medical equipment to offer the Iraqi people the latest in diagnostic and curative solutions, timely and quality product servicing is essential in providing optimal product performance and productivity. Most significantly, it is a safeguard to ensuring user and patient safety.”

He added: “In addressing some of the critical challenges facing a fast-developing healthcare system in Iraq, the GE Healthcare Service Center is a significant first by GE aimed at providing new standards of service. Working in partnership with our distributors, we will provide real time access to field engineers across the country, in addition to GE’s advanced global service network and system capabilities. The opening of the center also marks our ongoing commitment to strengthening GE Healthcare’s presence in the country.

“Over the long-term, we will strive to expand this commitment to include clinical education, training and development to support knowledge transfer so that users of this equipment can get most out of our extensive product features. In line with our global healthymagination strategy, GE Healthcare remains focused on bringing more affordable, high quality healthcare to the people of Iraq,” he said.

According to the World Health Organization1, in general healthcare expenditure in Iraq is primarily on curative care, accounting for nearly 37% of the total expenditure. The MoH has budgeted over US$6 billion2 in 2012 towards healthcare, an increase of over US$1.5 billion compared with 2011, underlining the governmental focus to boost the country’s healthcare sector.

Through the new GE Healthcare Service Center, the company will deploy its Remote Video Assist, Remote Connectivity and Cyber FE technologies, having customized its global software applications, protocols and asset management capabilities to meet the system requirements of the Iraqi MoH hospital network.

During the first phase of the center’s operations, field engineers will have access to the Remote Video Assist tool, whereby Service Centre staff will assign field engineers and provide access to GE’s global Cyber FE capabilities via portable internet audio visuals and connected support. GE has dedicated a toll free number where customers can contact the center for assistance free of charge.

In the second phase, the Remote Connectivity Tool will provide direct linkage for some of GE’s equipment to online services providing remote equipment service without the need for an engineer to be present on site to further enhance equipment operation, improve customer satisfaction and ultimately ensure continuous patient care.

In Iraq, GE remains focused on strengthening its presence towards the revitalization of Iraq’s healthcare infrastructure and to working with the MoH and private healthcare providers to help alleviate the healthcare services of the country.

Through public and private partnerships, GE has provided healthcare equipment for the majority of MoH hospitals, in addition to several major private hospitals in Iraq. With its innovative flat panel technology, GE also leads the way in the provision of digital mammography systems to improve women’s healthcare. In addition, GE has supplied several advanced technologies in Iraq, including the recent supply of ventilation and ECG systems for the MoH.

With offices in Erbil, Baghdad and Basra, GE is committed to the continued growth and development of the country. Today, GE supports the country’s infrastructure needs in power generation, oil & gas, water processing, aviation and healthcare, through the company’s diversified multi-business solutions and growing local presence.

Sinjar

December 15th, 2012, 10:55 PM

nose job: mosul men go under knife for good looks

niqash | Saleh Elias | Mosul | 13.12.2012

Business is booming, say cosmetic surgeons in one of Iraq’s most dangerous cities. It’s not just Botox for ladies either. Apparently the biggest increase is in young men who want more attractive noses.
The Mosul clinic run by Dr Sadallah al-Zako is full almost all day, every day. For five working days of the week it’s crowded with people from all age and social groups. What they have in common: they want to look nicer.

Al-Zako is a member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons and he was the first to introduce cosmetic surgery to the city of Mosul in 1987. And now, as he told NIQASH, cosmetic surgery is on the increase. “Up by 70 percent in 2012 compared to 2009,” al-Zako boasts. “Currently I’m performing around 60 surgeries a month here.”

In the recent Iraqi past, most of the patients who came for cosmetic surgery were victims of violence or accidents, as well as children with congenital disfigurations. But over the past few years a new kind of customer has entered the market: men and women preoccupied with good looks.

“The relatively stable security conditions in the Ninawa province over the past two years and, perhaps more importantly, the increase in income levels for a large sector of local society, particularly among government employees, are two of the main reasons behind this increase,” local sociologist Bashar al-Mimari explains. “When people feel secure about their incomes, they start thinking of luxury items.”

Al-Mimari believes it’s also about more than this. Iraq has become more connected to the rest of the world through access to the Internet and satellite television. “So Iraqis are aware of scientific developments in various fields, including medicine,” he says.

In fact, al-Zako adds, a lot of the women coming to his surgery are doing so because their husbands are seeing beautiful women on television and they want their wives to change accordingly. Most of the women come for laser treatment or Botox injections.

Al-Zako says there are two other areas where his business is booming. More local children who have issues with, for example, cleft palate come for surgery. He believes this is mainly because people have realized how important it is to resolve these problems at an early age.

But an unexpected area of trade also involves male customers. It turns out that most of the Mosul locals undergoing plastic surgery are men aged between 18 and 30 years. And al-Zako says most of them are unhappy about their noses.

Still, there still seems to be plenty of stigma attached to the idea of cosmetic surgery in Mosul, a relatively conservative town.

One patient that NIQASH spoke with had had his ears pinned back. The young man was very happy with the results of his surgery but he asked that he not be named in case his friends and family found out about his visit to al-Zako’s clinic.

“Today I feel so much happier,” the young man said. “I can go to the barber shop and get a more youthful haircut. Before the surgery I felt like I had to hide my deformed ears. Now I don’t.”

But even social attitudes will eventually change here. The medical staff working in the area expects that the demand for aesthetic or cosmetic surgery will continue to grow in Mosul. Currently there are only about ten specialists in the field in a city of over 3 million; if the local hospital does cosmetic work it’s usually on burns victims.

And doctors like al-Zako working in cosmetic surgery believe that, just as in the West, more medical students will be choosing to move into this field in the near future. In fact it’s already started to happen: six young doctors are expected to graduate in cosmetic surgery from the Mosul College of Medicine shortly.

SumerianKing

December 15th, 2012, 11:40 PM

Oh god please lets not turn into Iran.

Ali - Iraq

December 15th, 2012, 11:40 PM

Chounz

December 16th, 2012, 05:23 AM

Wonderful news!!! Love it..

Ali - Iraq

December 21st, 2012, 02:28 PM

CoM approves establishing 2nd medicine city in Baghdad

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Council of Ministers approved to establish the second medicine city in Baghdad.

The Deputy General Secretary of the Cabinet, Farhad Namah Abdul Hussein, reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com on Thursday ”During the 52nd session of the Cabinet, the approval was obtained to exclude the piece of land, which previously was Rasheed military hospital, of the Cabinet’s resolution no.(353) of 2011 and allocate it to the Ministry of Health in order to establish the second medicine city or any other specialized hospitals.” \

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alshawi1234

January 11th, 2013, 06:43 AM

health Projects in Basrah. Many renovations/ Expansions has taken place on different hospitals. There are many planned projects as well as U/C. here are some images and details.

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alshawi1234

January 11th, 2013, 06:45 AM

More projects from Basrah

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alshawi1234

January 11th, 2013, 06:46 AM

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haymaker

January 11th, 2013, 09:24 AM

Where did Basra get the funds to do all these health sector projects ? Central budget? Local budget ? Petro dollar? It's alot of projects

alshawi1234

January 11th, 2013, 06:25 PM

Where did Basra get the funds to do all these health sector projects ? Central budget? Local budget ? Petro dollar? It's alot of projects

It's part of the MOH's budget. The smaller projects are part of the provincial budget and the "regional development" budget.

After doing some research I found that there are at least five 100-400 bed hospital being built in each province per year. Most projects posted here are only from the 2010 and 2011 budget. The 2012 and 2013 budget projects haven't been updated.

There are plans to build four 400+ bed hospital alone.

alshawi1234

January 12th, 2013, 07:26 PM

Anbar Obstetrics and Gynecology Building

Type of Contract: Turn key Project (Design – Build- Equip [DBE])
›› Status: On-going Project
›› Contractual Client: Al-Anbar Reconstruction Committee
›› Beneficiary Client: Iraqi Ministry of Health
›› Building Area:6,000 m2

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› Ground Floor Emergency (8 Beds)– Consultancy (8 rooms)- Radiology- Pharmacy- Laboratory
› First Floor Delivery Rooms (7) – Operation Rooms (3)- Recovery (5 Beds)- Prelabor (8 Beds)
› Second Floor Patient Rooms (20 beds)- ICU (3 Beds)- Newborn (15 Beds)
› Third Floor Patient Rooms (20 beds)- Premature (6 Beds)

http://www.almarhij.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=60&lang=en

alshawi1234

January 12th, 2013, 09:04 PM

All hospitals for 2010-2014 plan.

المستشار/متابعة:أكد المتحدث الرسمي لوزارة الصحة الدكتور زياد طارق ان الوزارة أعدت خطة عمل في مجال التوسع بالمؤسسات الصحية في بغداد والمحافظات للمدة من 2010 ولغاية 2014 والذي يسهم في تيسير الخدمات الصحية المقدمة من قبل تلك المؤسسات حققت نسبا طيبة في الانجاز.وقال المهندس ظافر خلف الساعدي مدير عام دائرة المشاريع :ان ملاكاتنا الهندسية والفنية تمكنت من أنجاز العديد من المشاريع ضمن الخطة الاستثمارية للوزارة واخرى قيد التنفيذ وانجازها تباعاً فقد باشرت الوزارة بتنفيذ انشاء (10) مستشفيات سعة " 400 " سرير في ( بغداد – ميسان -البصرة - كربلاء - الديوانية – ذي قار - ديالى – النجف - نينوى - بابل ) وانشاء ( 5 ) مستشفيات اخرى سعة 400 سرير في صلاح الدين موزعة كالاتي 100 سرير في كل من ( قضاء سامراء – الطوز - الدجيل - الدور )وفي الانبار يتم انشاء مستشفى 200 سرير في ( القائم – حديثة - هيت ) وانشاء مستشفى ( 200 سرير و400 سرير في ( كركوك - واسط - المثنى )واوضح : ان الوزارة تعد الان دراسة لانشاء ( 5) مستشفيات ولادة وأطفال سعة ( 300 ) سرير مع التجهيز الكامل في ( بغداد – الرصافة - الكرخ - ذي قار – ديالى - ) وانشاء مستشفيات عدد ( 2 ) سعة ( 200 ) سرير في ( بغداد – الرصافة – الانبار ) وانشاء مراكز صحية عدد (107 ) فرعية ورئيسية في بغداد والمحافظات وانشاء ( 10 ) مخازن للادوية في بغداد والمحافظات.واضاف: ان الوزارة بصدد انشاء بنايات المعجل الخطي لعلاج الاورام السرطانية في البصرة وبابل والانبار وبغداد ومدينة الطب ومستشفى الاشعاع والطب النووي ونعمل على تأهيل وتوسيع مراكز صحية عدد ( 10 ) خمسة في بابل وواحد في ذي قار واربعة في كربلاء واعادة تاهيل مخازن الشركة في بغداد والمحافظات

It's really hard keeping track if all of them.

sheytanElKebir

January 17th, 2013, 12:02 PM

Shimadzu, Iraq in medical X-ray deal
Kyodo
OSAKA — Precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. announced it has won ¥1.5 billion worth of contracts from the Iraqi government for a total of 133 medical X-ray units.

The machines — 106 for stomach X-rays and 27 for chest examinations — will be installed at public hospitals in Iraq from February. With the country expected to build new hospitals and renew medical equipment, Shimadzu said Tuesday it aims to further expand its sales to Iraq.

At the request of the Iraqi government, Shimadzu set up an office in Baghdad in 1978, becoming the first Japanese medical equipment maker to establish a presence in the country. The Kyoto-based company had to pull out of Iraq in 1990 as the Gulf War started to loom, but it resumed business in the country in 2003 through a local agency.

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Ali - Iraq

January 18th, 2013, 10:14 PM

Iraq wants to learn from India’s use of health-cards
18 January 2013 , By Amiti Sen

Iraq wants to learn from India’s success story in using smart-card technology that delivers health insurance to the poor to reform its public distribution system (PDS) too.

The World Bank has invited Indian Labour Department officials to Istanbul, Turkey, to share their expertise on smart cards used in the national health scheme (Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana) with the Iraqi Government, which is keen to move from a universal PDS to a targeted system.

“The Iraq Government wants to learn how we have used the smart-card technology in our RSBY scheme and how the same cards are now being used by State governments to deliver PDS without leakages,” Additional Secretary in Labour Ministry Anil Swarup told Business Line.

Feasible design
In a letter to Swarup, the World Bank said that Iraq had requested the workshop to inform and persuade parliamentarians and high-level policy makers through brainstorming sessions on designing a feasible and credible reform path.

“We would like you to share your experience with Iraq. Our counterparts will be looking for examples of implementation mechanisms such as the smart card that reduce leakage and allow for greater accountability. In this context, your past and current expertise will be very valuable,” the letter said.

In India, while the Chattisgarh Government has already started using the RSBY biometric card to deliver PDS in a phased manner in the State, the Kerala Government has shown greater initiative and wants to deliver PDS using the RSBY cards across the entire State by July this year.

“We have already had several meetings with the State Chief Minister and his team of officials on using RSBY cards for giving out rations to the poor at subsidised rates. We are confident that the infrastructure will be in place soon,” Swarup said.

Others interested too
It is not just Iraq, but several other developing countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Ghana that are looking at the RSBY smart-card model to deliver subsidised goods in their countries.

“The fact that the system does away with ghost-users completely and makes it so easy to track transactions makes it attractive for developing countries that are weighed down by leakages,” Swarup said.

India has more than 120 million beneficiaries of the UPA government’s RSBY health insurance scheme, mostly belonging to the unorganised sector. In Kerala, additional RSBY cards will be given to PDS users not covered by the scheme.

Ali - Iraq

January 20th, 2013, 03:36 PM

With plans to import more than 1,000 types of multi-purpose drugs, the Ministry of Health in Iraq has been pushing for the development of the healthcare system and has dedicated 26.6% of the country's public healthcare spending budget for this sector.

The Head of the Department of Pharmacy, Jamila Zgayeir Latfa, will present Iraq's pharmaceutical roadmap and strategy at the Iraq Health Summit on March 10th and 11th in Erbil.

The initiative is endorsed by HE Dr Majeed Hamad Amin, Minister of Health of Iraq. In addition to inaugurating the platform, he is addressing an audience of more than 150 Iraqi healthcare officials.

The summit will also be attended by officials from KIMADIA-the state-run authority responsible for the import and distribution of pharmaceutical and medical equipment for all healthcare facilities in the country. KIMADIA Director General, Dr Ihsan Jaffer Ahmed, will contribute to the conversation in the capacity of a speaker and panel discussion moderator.

The two-day platform is being hosted and organised by French business information group naseba, and is the first healthcare summit in Iraq produced by an international company and endorsed by the Ministry of Health.

One of its goals is to connect the country's healthcare leaders with international companies who have the necessary expertise. Among the many international companies present at the summit is GlaxoSmithKline, whose representatives are leading a panel discussion about the improvement of vaccination practices. In addition, representatives from pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca are conducting an educational workshop with a special focus on improving the healthcare reality in Iraq.

"The patronage of HE Dr Amin ensures the Iraq Health Summit is aligned with the goals of the country. Through this relationship, we want to help re-establish the position of Iraq's healthcare system as a leader in the region. Improving the pharmaceutical sector is one of the key steps being taken by the Ministry of Health," explained Fabien Faure, naseba Healthcare Series Director.

Ali - Iraq

January 24th, 2013, 12:51 AM

Iraq to build medical city in Baghdad
2013-01-23
Construction work on an integrated, modern medical city worth $350 million has begun, the Iraqi government announced Wednesday (January 23rd).

"The new 1,200-bed medical city will be built on an area of 100,000 square metres in central Baghdad, near the Tigris River on the site of the former al-Rasheed hospital," Ali al-Allaq, secretary-general of the Iraqi cabinet, told Al-Shorfa.

The medical city will feature a variety of specialisations that the country still lacks, he said, including cancers, neurological disorders and spinal cord problems; blood and cardiovascular diseases; bones, fractures, epidemics and contagious diseases; and others.

Construction is slated to be completed within three years under the supervision of local and European companies, al-Allaq said.

Do we not already have a project thread for this ?

Euphrates

January 24th, 2013, 12:57 AM

Ali - Iraq

January 24th, 2013, 12:59 AM

This sounds like a huge project, perhaps it deserves its own thread ?

Actually I think it's already posted + renders.

sheytanElKebir

January 24th, 2013, 02:00 AM

the clue was "al rasheed"... its the old military hospital which was incomplete.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1542779

makaay31

January 25th, 2013, 01:01 AM

Karbala

Hospital 50 beds

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sheytanElKebir

January 25th, 2013, 02:18 AM

hahaha. and I just wrote on the kufa university thread that Iraqis don't know how to make central AC anymore!! 0wnd. :(

Sinjar

January 28th, 2013, 01:36 AM

Iraq’s health per capita expenditure lowest among neighboring states

By Zeena Sami, Azzaman, January 15, 2013

Iraq’s expenditures on health are the lowest in the region, the parliamentary commission on health and environment has revealed.

The commission’s head Jawad al-Bazoni said Iraqi health allocations were still far below those in neighboring states and the country suffered from a drastic shortage of medical consultants.

“Iraq’s health per capita expenditure is $170 per annum while it is $500 in neighboring Jordan,” Bazoni said.

He said the low per capita expenditure on health was the main reason for the lack of proper health services.

“We are lacking behind when it comes to health per capita income and this boomerangs negatively on the health of Iraqi citizens,” he said.

Iraq used to have one of the best health systems in the region in late 1980s. It is medical schools and colleges were graded as the most efficient in the Middle East, with students from various Arab countries enrolling in Iraqi universities.

For many years, Iraq supplied medical personnel to countries like Jordan and Arab Gulf states.

But lack of medical specializations has forced the country to rely on foreign doctors and nurses.

The Health Ministry has struck a deal with India for the employment of more than 1,000 Indian nurses in Iraqi hospitals.

Ali - Iraq

January 28th, 2013, 11:30 PM

Construction begins on medical city in Baghdad
HEALTH | 2013-01-28
Work has begun on building an integrated, modern medical city in the centre of Baghdad, slated to provide services to citizens free of charge, the Iraqi government announced last week.

In building the medical city, officials seek to "boost the state of medical services offered to citizens especially in view of the increase in the capital's population in the past six years", said Ali al-Allaq, secretary-general of the Iraqi cabinet.

The new medical city is under construction on the site of the former al-Rasheed hospital, an area of about 100,000 square metres, he told Mawtani.

Al-Allaq said the 1,200-bed facility will include 12 medical sections, including oncology, neurological surgery, spinal cord medicine, haematology, cardiology, obstetrics, communicable diseases and other specialisations the country still lacks.

Building the new city will cost about $350 million and will take about three years, under the supervision of "reputable local and European companies", he said.

The facility will play a dual role as treatment centre and teaching hospital, giving medical students "the opportunity to practise medicine in the final year of their education", said Deputy Health Minister Dr. Khamees al-Saad.

He told Mawtani his ministry contracted German, British and Japanese companies to import modern medical equipment for the entire hospital.

Services will be provided free of charge to citizens, al-Saad added.

MANY DOCTORS INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED
Staffed by Iraqi doctors currently training at internationally-reputable universities such as Harvard University, the University of Texas, the University of London and Tokyo University, personnel at the hospital will be qualified to perform complex surgeries, al-Saad said.

Laith al-Salehi, director of the ministry's engineering department, described the city as a series of eight high-rise buildings, each with 12-20 floors, and each with a medical specialty.

The compound includes gardens, restaurants, meeting and training halls, and modern laboratories, he said.

Three European and two local companies are implementing the project, considered the largest in the capital in 30 years, he added.

The compound will help ease "overwhelming traffic at the other hospitals in Baghdad, and it will have the capacity to absorb" medical cases from other Iraqi cities as well, al-Salehi said.

The facility will include a special children's section and another dedicated to psychiatric medicine, he said.

Saleh al-Mutlaq, deputy prime minister for services, told Mawtani Iraq loses tens of millions of dollars annually on medical treatment outside the country.

"The medical city will save hard currency for the country, spent by Iraqis abroad" to treat conditions like cancer, heart problems, congenital deformities and problems caused by terrorist attacks, he said.

"The medical city will be staffed by excellent Iraqi doctors" and will contract western doctors to perform operations inside Iraq, he said, adding that it will "ease the burden on the citizens both financially and physically" because services will be free of charge.

alshawi1234

January 29th, 2013, 04:14 AM

haiderpass

January 29th, 2013, 10:59 AM

Seems out of proportion. I'm guessing that does not include the money allocated for investment. Jordan spends about $1 billion (2011) on its health care, While Iraq spends $6 billion (2011)

It is still good that they talk about it though, It shows that they have some sort of are and awareness.

Even though half these online reports about iraqs GDP, Freedom/transparency reports, QoL stats etc. are usually pure hogwash, in this case, its true, we dont spend much on our health sector, if you saw the standards of iraqi hospitals (which i unfortunately got to, im talking about the three biggest on's in Najaf right now) you'd realize how lacking we are in this sector.

Iraq spent 5% of our budget ($109.5(B) USD) on the health sector, which is around $5.475(B) in 2012.

Jordan spent 7.5% of their budget of $36.893(B) USD which is approximately $2.77(B) in 2012.

however since our population is around 5X that of jordan, they did spend more than us per capita.

Im just hoping that once the foundation is completed (after all the hospitals U/C right now are finished) we can hopefully develop our laboratory medicine/equipment to international standards and actually catch up with the rest of the world in terms of medical research. We are so far behind, its unbearable, even puny jordan is probably 100X beter than us when it comes to medicine.

Ali - Iraq

January 30th, 2013, 01:09 AM

Czarchasm

January 30th, 2013, 03:23 AM

EU to support health services in Iraq
2013-01-29
The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Monday (January 28th) signed an agreement with the European Union delegation in Iraq in which the EU agreed to support Iraqi health services with $15 million, officials said.

The EU funds will be used to train Iraqi nurses, fund workshops on drugs, medicines and modern pharmaceuticals and train health census workers, said government media advisor Ali al-Musawi.

Funds also will support Iraq's emergency services, blood transfusion procedures and will assist in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities through co-operation with the World Health Organisation and several European hospitals, he told Al-Shorfa.

I don't get it. First the fuck us up entirely brining us 100 years backwards, then they are helping us :S

I don't understand how the EU are responsible for that? If a nation wishes to remain in the stone ages, it very well will. Japan was ravaged, and so was Germany. Look at them now, and all credit due to their mentality. You personally may be a productive member of Iraqi society, but that doesn't neglect from the idea that the Iraqis themselves have been more harmful to Iraq than any other foreign nation has.

Ali - Iraq

January 31st, 2013, 10:03 PM

Iraq looks to rebuild health care
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After years of economic sanctions and wars, the Iraqi healthcare infrastructure is tottering, but that also makes the sector ripe for investment.

In the first three days of the 38th Arab Health exhibition in Dubai, a delegation from the Iraqi ministry of health met more than 100 companies, including ones based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China and India, who have shown interest in doing business in Iraq, said the ministry spokesman Nazar Al Helaly."Especially the last war destroyed everything and that's why we have to build the country from zero," he said. "So, Iraq is a very good market for everything."

Some of the big-ticket projects under construction include Al Bayaa Teaching Hospital in Baghdad for US$210 million (Dh771.3m) and Fallujah Maternity and Children's Hospital as part of a plan to build 11 hospitals.

The German Medical Services and Turkey's Universal Hospitals Group have signed contracts with the Iraqi ministry of health to build six 100-bed hospitals and two hospital clinics. The Germans are working on two 500-bed hospitals: Al Najaf Hospital and Cancer Therapy Centre and Al Ninevah Teaching Hospital in Mosul.

The US Agency for International Development is building 360 primary healthcare centres in 18 provinces as part of a $74m project. An $828m Japanese grant is being used to implement medical programmes.

The Iraqi health ministry is also planning to build a 300-bed paediatric hospital in Karbala and three more teaching hospitals with 400 beds each. At its fourth appearance at the Arab Health exhibition, the Iraqi ministry brought a team of 22 consultants, who are meeting companies looking to invest in the country.

Iraq's medical experts who had left the country following decades of instability are planning to come back, said Mr Al Helaly.

"We have a shortage of nurses, anaesthetists and doctors," he added. "We have brought hundreds of Indian nurses and [are] applying for Filipino nurses."

Despite the perceptions, they are not targets of violence, he said.

"We are safe and our hospitals are safe," he said, denying news reports that quoted medical staff in the country saying the situation on the ground has not much improved from its war-torn days.

The latest figures from 2010 show that 8 per cent of Iraq's GDP is spent on health care, according to the World Health Organisation. The same year, there were only 13 hospital beds per 10,000 people. Iraq earmarked $6 billion for the healthcare sector last year from the proposed budget $112bn, according to news reports.

Sinjar

February 2nd, 2013, 12:34 PM

Baghdad Health committee warns of the spread of influenza pandemic and calls to start vaccination campaigns

Monday, 28 January 2013

Shafaq News / The Health Committee warned in Baghdad province warned on Monday, from the risk of influenza pandemic and it’s transferring to Iraq after the occurrence of the disease in neighboring countries, as called to take vaccination against the disease and follow the instructions.

The member of Baghdad Provincial Council , Karima al- Fatlawi said in a statement received for "Shafaq News" that "the flu epidemic is contagious and should be avoided, especially after the emergence of rates of infections in the neighboring countries", stressing " the need to take the annual vaccine which gives immunity for a period that doesn’t exceed one year ".

Fatlawi noted to the need "to give the vaccine two months before the start of the winter season," indicating that " vaccine must be given for ages over 65 years, even without the presence of chronic diseases and the vaccine dose for children must be for those aged six months to Thirty-five months”.

She added that "20% of the infection are transmitted by sneezing while 80% are transmitted directly", noting to " adhere to the medical advice to be safe by a distance between the person and the infected by 360 cm in the closed areas and 180 cm in open places."

Fatlawi called to "follow the health guidelines set by the Ministry of Health to wash your hands with soap and water for at least twenty seconds."

It is noted that a state of concern has rose among citizens in the past few days; because of the news about of the emergence of infection f patients; by pandemic flu and bird flu, especially after the occurrence of deaths despite the denials of the health authorities that the reason is one of the mentioned diseases.

The Ministry of Health has announced, on Sunday the death of 6 people as a result of the spread of the disease in some provinces, while confirming its control over the disease.

sheytanElKebir

March 11th, 2013, 03:43 PM

helicopter ambulance service begins covering the main highways.

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Ali - Iraq

March 11th, 2013, 09:32 PM

MoH: "5500 Iraqi consultant physicians in Canada, UK"

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Secretary for Technical Affairs in the Ministry of Heath, Dr. Star al-Saidi, confirmed “The existence of more than (4000) Iraqi consultant physicians in the hospitals of the UK and 1500 others in Canada,” pointing out that “Iraq used to achieve continuous success in all fields.”The Ministry of Health quoted Saidi as saying in statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The top ten members in the Arab Council of Medical Specializations are Iraqis,” stressing that “Iraq has achieved a new gain by electing Iraqi physician as deputy chairman for the Arab Council of Medical Specializations.””In spite of all the difficulties that the Iraqi students suffer, they proved that Iraq will remain a fertile land for science and scientists,” the statement added. \

sheytanElKebir

March 11th, 2013, 09:53 PM

medics are not scientists.

elusive

March 13th, 2013, 10:01 AM

yes they are, most medical students study science as part of their degree

sheytanElKebir

March 13th, 2013, 01:31 PM

haiderpass

March 13th, 2013, 02:06 PM

eliusive... these arguments have been done to death already. but there's plenty of places to google to see the differences between a "scientist" "medic" "engineer"... no need for us to propagate the misuse of the term by the hoi polloi!

Well nowadays, you need a science degree (bachelor's +) in order to get into medicine.

Undergrad medicine no longer exists in any university in Victoria, Australia, not too sure about other states though.

So most medics nowadays would have a science degree.

Not to mention Doctors are involved in medical trials which means they do share in research grants and publications.

elusive

March 13th, 2013, 02:30 PM

sheytan you're using the old definition of scientist, i don't think such a thing exists in our day and age, there are researchers nowadays. I've got a science degree, i should know :) Medical doctors, dentists, etc are all in the field of science!

iraqidabab

March 22nd, 2013, 12:47 AM

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Ali - Iraq

March 22nd, 2013, 10:16 PM

Iraqi inoculation campaign targets women and children
HEALTH | 2013-03-22
The Iraqi Ministry of Health launched a campaign last week to prevent and treat serious illnesses and diseases in rural and remote areas across the country.

Through the campaign – part of a comprehensive national plan – medical teams and health officers will travel the country to vaccinate around 1.5 million Iraqi children under the age of 7 and two million women of childbearing age.

"The campaign aims to eliminate a number of serious diseases that spread among children at the start of spring and summer, as well as illnesses that affect women of childbearing age, and will diagnose and take the patients for treatment at hospitals and health centres at government expense," said Deputy Health Minister Khamees al-Saad.

"Mobile medical teams started off the morning of Thursday, March 14th, to cover 1,865 villages and remote locales, and 360 districts and sub-districts", he told Mawtani.

Children will be vaccinated against diseases such as measles, polio, German measles, mumps and viral hepatitis, while women will be inoculated against tetanus and toxoplasmosis.

Women doctors and specialised medical assistants will provide in-house mammograms for the early detection of cancer, and children that are sick and neglected by their families will be examined, taken to government hospitals and treated for free, al-Saad said.

"We prepared huge stocks of vaccines and plasma in anticipation many children will need care and vaccination, as the ministry has no precise data on the number of children in those areas," he said, adding that this is "the largest campaign of its kind in Iraq in about 10 years".

The initiative, supported by UNICEF, will last a month, al-Saad said.

LOWERING INFANT MORTALITY
Dr. Hassan al-Qazzaz, the ministry's general director of public health, told Mawtani the campaign aims to lower the rate of still births in the country, "although this rate has dropped significantly in the past two years".

"The present mortality rate of new-borns is 25 out of 1,000 births per day, a number we are trying to lower by launching campaigns focused on women and children," he said.

Other campaign activities include raising awareness in villages and rural areas about the dangers of polluted waters, swimming in ponds or stagnant water; and the need to purify water and exterminate rodents at home, al-Qazzaz said.

Health officials also will teach mothers how to care for children, keep personal hygiene, and clean agricultural produce before consumption, he said.

Dr. Khudhair Shallal, director general of the ministry's department of immunology, asked people to co-operate with medical teams to ensure the campaign's success, which he said will enhance Iraq's future wellbeing.

"The campaign is free of charge, and the ministry will transport patients from villages to hospitals at its own expense, using vehicles provided for this purpose," he said.

"Stability of the security situation will allow traveling teams to reach all rural areas and remote villages without any problems," Shallal added.

Brig. Gen. Saad Maan, interior ministry spokesman, described security precautions.

"The police have set up an operations room to provide protection for traveling medical teams inside villages and in remote areas, as a precaution against any terrorist attacks they might be exposed to," he told Mawtani.

elusive

March 25th, 2013, 02:01 PM

Specialised Dental Centre in Baghdad

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Ali - Iraq

March 25th, 2013, 07:15 PM

Iraq: Strengthening primary-health-care services for people in rural areas
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Primary-health-care centres (PHCC) in Iraq are vitally important for delivering basic health services to people. The delivery of such services is hampered in many rural regions by uncertain security conditions. Since 2010, the ICRC has concentrated on assisting primary-health-care centres in violence-prone areas, while working with health authorities to strengthen this essential service.

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elusive

March 26th, 2013, 05:28 PM

Pharmacist Conference in Iraq

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SumerianKing

March 26th, 2013, 06:31 PM

Wow pharmacists are hot!!!! lol
I'v got big plans for pharmacy in Iraq when I graduate.

Ali - Iraq

March 29th, 2013, 06:07 AM

Iraq earmarks funds for pharmaceutical sector
2013-03-28
Iraq has allocated $800 million to develop and promote the country's pharmaceutical sector this year, the Iraqi government said Thursday (March 28th).

New projects involve "introducing new production lines at the Samarra, Ninawa and Baghdad pharmaceutical plants, training pharmacists, building independent plants for certain high-demand drugs in the country, and building a plant to manufacture prosthetics for terror victims, to be distributed free of charge", said Salam al-Quraishi, economic advisor to the Iraqi government.

The projects also include "establishing a centre for inspecting imported drugs, as well as other important projects that will be executed by early June in partnership with scientific European foundations", he told Al-Shorfa.

The projects aim to develop the pharmaceutical sector to decrease the percentage of drugs Iraq imports, he said, which can be a financial burden on the state and its citizens.

Is the amount of money sufficient ?

SumerianKing

March 29th, 2013, 11:33 AM

Well its a good starting point, but if they really want to regulate the drugs and stop imports at a european level they will need billions. But as I said the amount is a good load to start with (signing contracts, planning, starting to build up pharma quality in the country and whatnot)

Sinjar

March 29th, 2013, 11:35 PM

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Sinjar

April 3rd, 2013, 07:19 PM

TERNA: New 36,8 mio US Dollars construction project in Iraq

TERNA S.A., 100% subsidiary of GEK TERNA Group of Companies, was awarded a project of constructing a hospital in Iraq, at Design and Built, turn-key basis. The project includes 100 beds and 22 rooms for special care (ICU and operation theatres) and shall provide for:

• Diagnostic services and treatment
• Acute medicine
• Pediatrics and obstetrics
• Disaster medicine
• Medical education system

The Client is the Governorate of Basra acting on behalf of the Ministry of Health.

The project consists of the Design and Construction of a general hospital covering a built area of 18,000 m2 out of which 2,000 m2 will be staff residence, complete with all electromechanical facilities, medical equipment, all facilities and furniture, external paving, parking land scaping and fencing.
The project is expected to be completed in January 2015 and the contract price is 36.8 mio US Dollars.

This project marks TERNA’ s presence in yet another Middle East market.

TERNA’ s backlog has reached the amount of 3,1 bn. Euro.

Ali - Iraq

May 16th, 2013, 12:47 AM

Iraq develops amputee rehabilitation programme
HEALTH | 2013-05-15
Ali Fares, 37, stares at the crutches he has used for the past two years, astounded at the prospect of abandoning them forever.
Fares thought he would never be able to walk again after losing his left foot when a terrorist blew up a car in a neighbourhood market in the Mashtal area of Baghdad in 2011.
"I was extremely distressed by what became of me after that terrorist attack," he said. "I felt that I would be spending the rest of my life using these crutches, and would never be able to use my foot again."
But during the course of a rehabilitation programme designed to acclimate him to his new artificial foot, that feeling of despair began to dissipate, he said.
Fares is one of a large number of amputees who have recently become eligible to receive a free service provided by the Iraqi Health Ministry which provides prosthetics to those who have lost a limb and helps them to adjust to their use.
"I was overwhelmed with joy when I regained my ability to walk again without crutches," Fares said. "My grief vanished when I was supplied with a prosthetic and had to undergo psychological and physical rehabilitation, and today I practice my work as a merchant in full freedom."
CENTRES OPERATE ACROSS IRAQ
The ministry has 13 centres for artificial limbs and medical support around Iraq, said Dr. Abdul Nasser Kamel, director of the ministry's rehabilitation and prevention of impairment section.
These offer free services to people who have lost limbs, from victims of terror, landmines and traffic accidents to the patients who must undergo an amputation due to an infection or disease, he said.
The centres receive assistance through joint programmes with international organisations such as the Red Cross, Kamel said.
The State Company for Marketing Drugs and Medical Appliances, Kimadia, purchases supplies used in the manufacture of prosthetics from locations such as the US, Germany and France, he said. Specialised technicians from the ministry then craft them at special workshops.
The ministry's production of limbs and supports grew by more than 20% in 2012, compared with previous years, Kamel said, estimating that production was about "30,000 upper and lower limbs".
This figure does not include the repair and refurbishment of existing prosthetics, he added.
DEMAND OUTPACES SUPPLY
Despite this increase, production is still insufficient to meet the demand, which is estimated at 50,000 limbs and supports every year, Kamel said.
To address this shortfall, the ministry hopes to conclude more contracts to purchase supplies soon, he said, and this, coupled with contributions from the Red Cross, other international donors and the private sector, should meet the entire need.
The ministry also intends to improve its services in this area "by opening new workshops and centres to manufacture the prosthetics, and provide them for the amputees, as well as rehabilitating them", Kamel said.
Three new centres are poised to open in Kirkuk, Karbala and Mosul, he added.
A higher committee specialised in artificial limbs meets every month to study proposals for improving the manufacture of prosthetics in Iraq and resolve obstacles encountered in this field, said Dr. Ramzi Hadi Musa of the ministry's department of specialized operations and services.
The committee includes members of several ministries and a representative from the Red Cross, he added.
Musa told Mawtani the Health Ministry has organised numerous training and development courses to raise the skills of the technicians who manufacture prosthetics and of the physical and psychological rehabilitation staffs.
"The price of artificial limbs and supports in the local market ranges between $1,500 and $3,000 according to the type of limb and the origin, but they are given free of charge to amputees, along with rehabilitation services before and after limb instalment," he said.
The ministry intends to adopt an electronic system that would link prosthetics manufacturing centres in all provinces to ensure the availability of prosthetics and rehabilitation services, Musa said.
Parliamentary health committee member Habib al-Tarfy praised the Health Ministry's efforts to meet the need for prosthetics.
Al-Tarfy said Iraq needs to benefit from foreign expertise to achieve further progress in the manufacture of artificial limbs, support the workshops producing them by ensuring they have the latest technologies, and provide the necessary training to technicians, medical staff and assistants to increase their skills.

Sinjar

May 18th, 2013, 11:52 AM

War leaves lasting impact on healthcare

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This boy’s family is displaced and cannot afford to take him to hospital. Photo: Heba Aly/IRIN

DUBAI, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Of all the areas of Iraq’s development that were affected by the US-led invasion 10 years ago, healthcare has probably taken the biggest hit.

The impact of the 2003 invasion and subsequent conflict on Iraq’s healthcare system has been well-documented. (Check out consistent coverage of the health consequences of Iraq’s conflict by the Lancet medical journal here (http://www.thelancet.com/search/results?searchTerm=iraq&fieldName=AllFields&journalFromWhichSearchStarted=).) The conflict shattered Iraq's primary healthcare delivery, disease control and prevention services, and health research infrastructure. Attempts to resurrect Iraq's healthcare system remain hindered by a number of factors, including fragile national security and lack of utilities like water and electricity.

Much of the damage incurred in the first few years of the invasion continues to have an impact today.

Lasting legacy

Iraq had prioritized healthcare at least since the 1920s, when the Royal College of Medicine was formed to train doctors locally. By the 1970s, Iraq’s health care system was “one of the most advanced” in the region, according to researcher Omar Al-Dewachi, a medical doctor who worked in Iraq during the 1990s before emigrating to the US. Health indicators improved quickly and significantly in the 1970s and 1980s, only to deteriorate again after the first Gulf War of 1991, which destroyed health infrastructure, and during a decade of sanctions, which drastically reduced government spending on health and led to a brain drain in the medical profession.

After the 2003 invasion, the healthcare situation deteriorated considerably, and Mac Skelton, a contributor to the Costs of War project, fears it may never recover. Between 2003 and 2007, half of Iraq’s remaining 18,000 doctors left the country, according to Medact, a British-based global health charity. Few intend to return.

“Getting back to that robust, excellent standard [of healthcare] is not going to happen anytime soon,” Skelton told IRIN. “Unlike buildings that can be rebuilt, migration patterns aren’t reversed easily.”

In 2011, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), Iraq had 7.8 doctors per 10,000 people - a rate two, if not three or four times lower, than its neighbours Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and even the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In the Muslim world, Iraq’s doctor-patient ratio is higher only than Afghanistan, Djibouti, Morocco, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

In a recent article in the Lancet, the aid group Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) said that “until now, it is extremely difficult to find Iraqi medical doctors willing to work in certain areas because they fear for their security.”

According to MSF, many remote areas were excluded from state reconstruction and development efforts, “leaving thousands of Iraqis without access to essential healthcare to this day.”

Nearly all families - 96.4 percent - have no health insurance whatsoever and 40 percent of the population deems the quality of healthcare services in their area to be bad or very bad, according to the Iraq Knowledge Network (IKN) survey of 2011.

As a result of the poor quality of care in their country, many Iraqis now seek healthcare abroad, increasingly selling homes, cars and other possessions to afford to do so, according to Skelton, who interviewed Iraqis seeking healthcare in Lebanon.

And researchers are still questioning the degree to which white phosphorus and depleted uranium, the armour-piercing, radio-active metal used in British and American ammunition, has increased cancer rates and caused birth defects.

The environmental damage caused by the war - degradation of forests and wetlands, wildlife destruction, greenhouse gases, air pollution - will also have a longer-term impacts on health, according to the Costs of War project.

Mental health

A 2007 survey by the government and WHO found that more than one-third of respondents had “significant psychological distress” and presented potential psychiatric cases. A 2009 government mental health survey concluded that mass displacement and a climate of fear, torture, death and violence have contributed to the high ratio of mental illness in the country.

In a new report released last month, MSF said mental health continues to be a major problem in the country.

“Many Iraqis have been pushed to their absolute limit as decades of conflict and instability has wreaked devastation,” Helen O’Neill, MSF’s head of mission in Iraq, said in a statement.

“Mentally exhausted by their experiences, many struggle to understand what is happening to them. The feelings of isolation and hopelessness are compounded by the taboo associated with mental health issues and the lack of mental healthcare services that people can turn to for help.”

Improvements?

The statistics, as always in Iraq, tell a story that is less clear-cut.

The number of fully immunized children, for example, dropped from 60.7 percent in 2000 to 38.5 percent in 2006, then rose to 46.5 percent by 2011 - still less than pre-invasion levels, according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted by the government and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Acute and chronic malnutrition trends for children under five also showed a slight regression.

However, other indicators show some improvement over pre-2003 levels - unsurprising, some say, if you consider the “semi-starvation diet” of many Iraqis during the sanctions.

According to the UN’s Human Development Reports, life expectancy at birth rose from 58.7 before 2000 to 69.6 in 2012. (These figures are quite similar to those of WHO, but differ significantly from those of the World Bank, which show a regression from 70 to 71 years during the mid-1990s and early 2000s, to 69 years in 2011)

The last decade undoubtedly saw a great reduction in infant mortality rates, not only over pre-invasion levels, but even compared to the early 1980s, when about 80 infants died per 1,000 live births. By the year 1990, this figure was down to 50, and decreased further to 31.9 in 2011, according to a 2012 government report monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Still, this rate remains more than double the national target of 17 per 1,000 by 2015; and while Iraq’s rate in the early 1980s was among the best compared to other countries in the region, today, it is among the worst.

The mortality rate of children under five also dropped from 42.8 per 1,000 births in 2000 to 37.2 in 2011, well ahead of 1960s levels, but far off the national target of 21 by 2015, according to the government report, which monitored MDG indicators at the governorate level. The percentage of births attended by skilled personnel also rose from 72.1 percent in 2000 to 90.9 percent in 2011, according to the MICS.

(WHO shows a similar trend of decrease in mortality rates, but its statistics are quite different, showing a much larger drop in infant mortality from 108 deaths per 1,000 in 1999 to 21 per 1,000 in 2011, and a decrease in child mortality from 131 in 1999 to 25 in 2011.)

Government expenditures on health have increased in the last decade. From a high point in 1980s, they dropped significantly due to the 1991 Gulf war and sanctions. But spending jumped from 2.7 percent of GDP in 2003 to 8.4 percent in 2010, according to the World Bank. According to Yasseen Ahmed Abbas, head of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, government allocations for health spending have risen from $30 million a year under former president Saddam Hussein to $6 billion a year today.