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Posted by: Michael LeavittTuesday, November 4th, 2008
Iraqi Health Outside The Green Zone
I wanted to see health-care facilities, patient care, and to talk with doctors and health-care workers outside the Green Zone. It was suggested I visit Medical City in central Baghdad.
Medical City is the largest medical complex in Iraq, and includes six hospitals and the Baghdad University College of Medicine. It has almost 3,000 beds, and is the leading provider of tertiary services for the entire country.
During the 1990s, the complex’s infrastructure aged, and the hospitals have suffered rapid degradation. As Prime Minister al-Maliki told me, “Medical City has exceeded its expiration date.”
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