The deteriorating health situation in Iraq
The Lancet,, 2 June 2007
The health situation in Iraq is deteriorating on almost every level. In this week's issue, two doctors from Basrah describe how insulin is unavailable because it is not safe to distribute it. Last month the first cases of cholera were reported. And in an interview with the non-governmental organisation Doctors for Iraq, Khaled Mahmud, head of resident doctors in Samarra General Hospital, described how power outages prevented the use of all the medical appliances in the hospital.
