Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Iraq is getting better, just don't get hurt or sick
As the new report to be released today indicates, the Iraqi medical system, once the finest in the Middle East, is not even a shadow of its former self.
The report, by an independent team of researchers and advisers from Iraq, the UK, the US and elsewhere, says the provision of healthcare "has become increasingly difficult" since the invasion. "Doctors and nurses have emigrated en masse, exacerbating existing staff shortages.Look! Over there! The surge is working!
"The health system is in disarray owing to the lack of an institutional framework, intermittent electricity, unsafe water, and frequent violations of medical neutrality. The ministry of health and local health authorities are mostly unable to meet these huge challenges, while the activities of UN agencies and non-governmental organisations are severely limited."
The report, by the organisation Medact, tells how the charges for healthcare, abolished by the coalition forces in a flurry of idealism, have been quietly reinstated by health authorities unable to pay salaries and buy the drugs they need. Worse, patients now have to pay bribes to get into hospital.
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Sillie LIE-beral. Since the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Iraqis are not people, there's no need for doctors. We simply need to add more veterinary schools. Because, after all, if Iraqis are not people, then clearly we need veterinarians to treat their ills, not doctors. Alrighty, then!
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