IRAQ | Health Sector

[sheytanElKebir]

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]

good news!

[Ali - Iraq]

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]

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]

Found a video:




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]

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

I have my fingers crossed for this one.

[elusive]

Originally Posted by Chounz

Found a video:




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.

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

[haiderpass]

Originally Posted by elusive

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

[elusive]

Originally Posted by haiderpass

Due mean induce labour, or actuall conception.

cause i dont think hes that hot

lmao labour is what i mean! definitely not conception

[Chounz]

[Sinjar]

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]

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]

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



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]

Good news!

[alshawi1234]

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

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

[Ali - Iraq]

[Ali - Iraq]

Maysan Governor concludes contract to hire Indian physicians

Added by Baghdad Iraq on December 4, 2012.
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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]

So stupid they always settle with the most cheapest!!

[Ali - Iraq]

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]

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.