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A fire tore through a Baghdad hospital's intensive care unit Saturday night, killing 82 people and injuring 110 others. Iraq's prime minister fired key hospital officials, including the director ...
A fire erupted Monday evening at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four babies who had been born prematurely, health officials said. The fire started ...
The death toll from a massive fire at a Baghdad hospital for coronavirus patients rose to at least 82 Sunday as anxious families searched for missing relatives and the government suspended key ...
The COVID-19 pandemic put a large strain on Iraq. As of April 2021, more than a million cases had been recorded in the country, more than in any other Arab state. [3] [4] The public was skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines, and many were reluctant to wear masks during the pandemic.
The newly constructed 70-bed ward at Nasiriyah's Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital was an attempt to alleviate poor conditions following years of violence that impacted on the Iraqi healthcare system. [4] In April 2021, a fire swept through a coronavirus ward in Baghdad, leaving more than 80 people killed. [5]
On May 3, US forces, using a guided multiple-launch rocket system (GMLRS), struck a militant command and control center housed in a building just 55 yards (50 m) away from the al-Sadr Hospital, one of two main hospitals in Sadr City. The strike caused heavy damage to the hospital, destroying or damaging a dozen ambulances and wounding 28 civilians.
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The acting director of the al-Rashad psychiatric hospital, Dr. Sahi Aboub, was arrested in connection with the attack on 10 February. [3] It has been reported [4] that Dr Aboub is a Shia Muslim and that the al Rashad hospital is run by the Shia Mehdi Army. However, the attacks occurred in primarily Shia areas of Baghdad.