Baghdad Medical City

Baghdad Medical City (مدينة الطب ) formerly known as Saddam Medical City (1983-2003) and before that known as Medical City Teaching Hospital (1973-1983) is a complex of several teaching hospitals in Bab Al-Moatham, Baghdad, Iraq. The complex stands where the former Garden of Ridvan of Baghdad was.

The Medical City includes the Baghdad University College of Medicine. The largest hospital in the complex is the Surgical Specialties Hospital built in 1980. The second largest is the Baghdad Teaching Hospital, opened in 1970[1], which contains the out patient clinics and the emergency department. The complex has over a thousand beds for patients.

Baghdad's Medical City

Buildings

Financial crisis

In 2008 there was only one working elevator, out of ten, in the 18 storey building and no air-conditioning.[2]

In February 2016, the hospital, like all public hospitals in Iraq, began to charge patients for individual services. It is expected that supplies of advanced medical equipment like pacemakers and stents will run out during 2016.[3]

Security

The hospital has a relationship with the Brigade of Imam Ali which protects it, and in return the hospital provides services to their men. A separate militia pharmacy has been established.[4]

See also

The Iraqi Center for Heart Diseases

References

Coordinates: 33°20′42″N 44°22′41″E / 33.34506°N 44.37814°E / 33.34506; 44.37814

  1. ↑ McDonell, Nick (5 May 2016). "Diary". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Americans Think Iraq Is 'Improving' But in Its Best Hospitals, Not Even the Elevators Work". Alternet. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ↑ McDonell, Nick (5 May 2016). "Diary". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ↑ McDonell, Nick (5 May 2016). "Diary". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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