DOCTORS IRAQ
Al Rashid Psychiatric Hospital
DESCRIPTION:At Baghdad's Al Rashid hospital — the major psychiatric hospital in Iraq — deterioration has taken a rather bleak turn. Since this article was written in July, growing insecurity has unfortunately compelled the ICRC to reduce its presence and its assistance, including to Al Rashid hospital.
Al Yarmouk Hospital
DESCRIPTION:If you need a blood transfusion at Baghdad's Al Yarmouk hospital, you can get one—so long as someone's there to donate blood on your behalf. If you need an operation, you can have one of those too—though your only anesthetic might be your friends and family holding you down.
28th Combat Support Hospital
DESCRIPTION:Leslie Sabbagh, our reporter embedded in Iraq, describes her experiences inside a hospital that provides emergency trauma medical care to American soldiers.
Dental Clinic in Mosul
DESCRIPTION:Dentists operate on patients at a dental clinic in Mosul, Iraq on May 12, 2003. U.S. Army officials met with head doctors to find ways they can assist the clinic. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ronald Mitchell
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