BASRA, Iraq - Iraq's Minister of Health, Dr. Salih Mahdi opened the doors to the Basra Children's Hospital, the largest and first specialty care facility in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 21. After six years ...

BASRA (Reuters) – Basra Children’s Hospital which specialises in cancer treatment has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said, and is battling to keep ...

The troubled fate of Basra Children’s Hospital reflects the epidemic of graft and fraud crippling Iraq’s health-care system December 16, 2021 Hussein Sami, 15, was diagnosed with cancer at age 2.

The Basra Children's Hospital, like so many other reconstruction projects in Iraq, has fallen far short of the promise. NBC's Lisa Myers investigates.

"The mortality of children in Basra has increased by nearly 30% compared to the Saddam Hussein era," said Dr Haydar Salah, a paediatrician at the Basra Children's Hospital. "Children are dying daily, ...

BASRA, Iraq, April 8 -- The day the Iraq war began, Abid Hassan Hamoodi, 72, patriarch of one of Basra's most prominent families, gathered everyone into the storeroom of the nine-bedroom family home.

On the walls of Basra children's cancer hospital hang photos of some of the youngsters who've been treated there. Most are smiling. Some of the portraits have a black stripe in the upper left corner.

Initial cases were seen in children age under 4 from the northern part of the city. Two local hospitals, Al-Tahir Teaching Hospital and Basra Maternal and Child Hospital, have confirmed 17 cases ...

Basra Children's Hospital which specialises in cancer treatment has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said, and is battling to keep children safe from ...

Basra Children's Hospital which specialises in cancer treatment has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said, and is battling to keep children safe from ...

BASRA (Reuters) - Basra Children's Hospital which specialises in cancer treatment has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said, and is battling to keep ...