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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

Quote:

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

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!

Fantastic idea Sheytan and I agree completely. You need to go back to Iraq and show those idiots how to run a country.

There is not only a lack of nurses and doctors though outside of the main cities (Baghdad, Basra and Mosul). Pretty much everything else in terms of labour.

fazl1991 · October 20th, 2012, 06:59 PM

مجمع سفير الحسين (ع) الطبي

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chounz

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by fazl1991

مجمع سفير الحسين (ع) الطبي

Loos really good. Arguably better than most Western hospitals. At least it looks more "exclusive". You can always discuss the interior and design.

Very good.

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?

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

fazl1991 · November 6th, 2012, 02:20 PM

مجمع سفير الحسين (ع) الطبي @ work

Sinjar · November 10th, 2012, 12:22 PM

المباشرة بتنفيذ مشروع مُستشفى الإمام الحُسين التخصُّصي للأمراض السرطانية

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.

October 19th, 2012, 10:07 PM	#86
sheytanElKebir stsirorret dedrater kcuf Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: nwot rorret ibahaw Posts: 8,184 Likes (Received): 341	not enough qualified nurses. especially not in the "poor" areas where nurses from the "nicer towns" are unwilling to relocate to. __________________ IRAQ.

October 20th, 2012, 11:51 AM	#89
sheytanElKebir stsirorret dedrater kcuf Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: nwot rorret ibahaw Posts: 8,184 Likes (Received): 341	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! __________________ IRAQ. Last edited by sheytanElKebir; October 20th, 2012 at 11:57 AM.

October 20th, 2012, 06:59 PM	#91
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October 28th, 2012, 03:38 PM	#98
makaay31 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alkmaar/Blaricum Posts: 3,114 Likes (Received): 52	Baghdad مركز صحي نموذجي في شارع فلسطين __________________ "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them." -Andy Bernard

November 6th, 2012, 02:20 PM	#99
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October 10th, 2012, 11:28 AM	#81
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,251 Likes (Received): 105	*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.”

October 16th, 2012, 11:58 PM	#82
Sinjar Iraqi User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mosul and KRG Posts: 8,517 Likes (Received): 519	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.

October 19th, 2012, 08:39 PM	#83
Sinjar Iraqi User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mosul and KRG Posts: 8,517 Likes (Received): 519	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.

October 19th, 2012, 09:55 PM	#84
Chounz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: North England Posts: 5,024 Likes (Received): 178	I don't understand why they don't hire Iraqi nurses?

October 20th, 2012, 02:34 AM	#87
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,251 Likes (Received): 105	*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).” \

October 20th, 2012, 07:30 PM	#92
Chounz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: North England Posts: 5,024 Likes (Received): 178	Very nice! Good/modern equipment. Nice marble. Looks like a palace hah. Where is that? Najaf/Karbala?

October 21st, 2012, 03:05 PM	#96
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,251 Likes (Received): 105	*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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Apparently Babil is developing in every aspects at the moment, or is it just me?

October 22nd, 2012, 12:20 PM	#97
Ali - Iraq Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Odense Posts: 3,251 Likes (Received): 105	*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.

November 10th, 2012, 12:22 PM	#100
Sinjar Iraqi User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mosul and KRG Posts: 8,517 Likes (Received): 519	المباشرة بتنفيذ مشروع مُستشفى الإمام الحُسين التخصُّصي للأمراض السرطانية 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.

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