by Dahr Jamail
Inter Press Service
BAGHDAD – Prompt medical care is at last on offer in Iraq, for those who can find the dollars for it.
“Why would I want to go to government-run hospitals where there is no care, no functioning instruments, long lines, and in the end the same doctor who treats you there can treat you at a private hospital,” says Mohammed Abbas, 35, an employee at Iraq’s Ministry of Oil.
