The assassination of doctors is sweeping Baghdad again

[yota691]

First Published: 2017-08-04

The assassination of doctors is sweeping Baghdad again

Iraqi doctors choose either to leave the country or stop working because of being killed and threatened by rogue militias and tribal laws.

Middle East Online

Militias before cadres in Iraq BAGHDAD - Over the past few days, a group of doctors have been attacked with murder and threats, forcing dozens of them to leave their jobs, while some have chosen to leave the country and think about immigration, while others are secretly out of sight. Last week, doctor Salim Abdel-Hamza died of stabbing by unidentified gunmen who broke into his private clinic in Baghdad's Mu'amal district. Doctors Muhammad Ali Zayer, who works in al-Hakim Hospital in Sadr City and Sa'ad Abdul-Hurr in his private clinic in New Baghdad, Falih in a health center in the area Alushash, all these incidents took place in Baghdad in one week. The Ministry of the Interior has opened an investigation into these incidents and announced the arrest of eight gangs involved in the kidnapping and killing of doctors in Baghdad, but Iraqis who were preoccupied with these incidents a few days ago had another opinion, and say there is a plan to target scientific competencies. Moreover, doctors have begun to leave their hospitals and clinics Planning to leave the country. In al-Harithiya district, one of Baghdad's most well-known neighborhoods, unknown gunmen stormed the clinic of Samer al-Attar and beat him hard to lose consciousness. As his secretary rushed to the checkpoint near the clinic for help, the gunmen fled. Samer decided not to inform the police for fear of his life, and took a decisive decision to close his clinic quietly and took his family to the Kurdistan region, and is now thinking of leaving the country, and says in a telephone conversation, "No one protects doctors in Iraq and there are armed gangs targeting us, tribal laws, Protect us ". On the 25th of last month, doctors in Baghdad and most of the provinces organized a sit-in in hospitals to protest against the escalation of the phenomenon of targeting doctors in the country, and raised slogans calling for the Ministry of Health and the government to protect them, and warned of the decrease in the number of medical personnel because of these attacks. Director of the Health of Baghdad in the side of Karkh Jasab al-Hajjami said that "crimes targeting doctors in recent loss to the country, and aims to empty Iraq of its doctors and scientific competence of rare specialties and these wealth can not be easily replaced." "Many of these competencies have migrated abroad in previous years as a result of acts of murder and kidnapping and efforts must be made to protect the country's scientific resources and minds," al-Hajami said. The phenomenon of targeting doctors has brought painful memories back to the Iraqis when the systematic killing of operational cadres of doctors, engineers, university professors and senior officers of the former Iraqi army after 2003 was escalated by armed factions that everyone is afraid to talk about at present. Vice President of the Republic Iyad Allawi said in an official statement that "what has been referred to the return of the phenomenon of the assassination of doctors and scientific cadres, these specific criminal practices reached an important message that the post-urging will not be safe and even more bloody to empty the country of all energies capable of leading the stage Construction and reconstruction ". The doctors who fail to treat one of the patients may pay the price through the law of "quarterly" means the payment of large sums to the family of the patient, and the value of the money to be determined Clans. Dr. Sarmad Abdul Amir, a specialist in cardiology, was a victim of tribal laws. Six months ago he performed a serious operation in the heart of an elderly man who was unsuccessful. The tribe of the deceased closed his clinic by force and wrote the words "wanted by tribes." He is likely to be hurt and possibly killed or paid for. "They managed to reach my house and threatened my family. After that, I had to pay a sum of $ 100,000 to the family of the deceased, although the medical reports before the operation indicated that the success rate was limited and his family agreed to bear the consequences. . Abdul Amir also decided to leave the country for Jordan, but he is still practicing his profession in Iraq in secret. "I have agreed with a Baghdad hospital to schedule patients to visit the hospital for a week every month in secret, Then I will return to Jordan for three weeks. " The migration of medical staff out of the country has created a real crisis among citizens who have begun to travel and catch up with their doctors or doctors in neighboring countries. Lebanon, Jordan, Iran and India are preferred countries for Iraqis to be treated, which has added considerable financial burdens to the Iraqis. There are dozens of offices in Baghdad and the competent provinces to coordinate the Iraqi patients and hospitals of India, through the provision of visa and medical advice and interpreters when the arrival of patients there, some of these offices approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Health, but most of them are not authorized and offices resort to create pages on Facebook To bring in customers, patients are later surprised by poor medical service when they arrive in India.

[nannab]

This is crazy they are cutting off their nose to spite their face. 

Thank you Yota and good morning DV.

[Integrativedoc]

Dang! I was headed there to set up a clinic.  JK

[Floridian]

This is unbelievable!  Are these people totally crazy or what?

[3n1]

29 minutes ago, Floridian said:

This is unbelievable!  Are these people totally crazy or what?

 

the value of human life means little among many ... # broken world ......... cheers dv 

[boosterbglee]

If this continues......they will lose all their "specialists" and remain a third world country!  Sad...so much potential!
 

[drj]

I don't plan on visiting Baghdad anytime soon!

[Officiallytook]

No more herbal treatments no more holistic ways no more indigenous healing... if your not pushing the pharmaceutical drugs you have to go...nothing different than anywhere else...SMH sad really but needed to be international 

Edited August 4, 2017 by Officiallytook

[wealthhound]

People that do this would change their to on real soon if they had a need for medical treatment, especially if it was a life saving situation..ignorance IMHO. WH

[mr.unlikely]

Next it'll be project managers then superintendents. Anything to slow down the reconstruction and rehabilitation of that country.

[Gypsygirl11]

These people are nuttzo. I mean, who does that!?!  Hard to comprehend. SMH

[sandfly]

they are morons,   they don't think

[Xtaxguy]

33 minutes ago, sandfly said:

they are morons,   they don't think

 

Thinking would be a clear violation of Sharia Law.

 

It's not a religion people, It's a nihilistic cult of sociopaths that just sucks up the few remaining bits of sanity, morality, and competence that are left in the world!

 

Needed:  revised golden rule:  do unto others as they would do unto you...just be damned sure to do it first! 

[crane]

And I invested money in this looney bin ,what the hell was I thinking????????????? O thats right, make a quick buck ,greed factor overide, launched my brain in gear,I think I am craizer than an out house rats running this three ring circus for ever believing there could even be a slight amount of sanity in Iraq There is NONE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????

[Shedagal]

The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous.  No wonder Kim Clement said get out as soon as it increases in value.  

[Starrider]

NOW do we want these type of people here in our country.

[siberian_shaddow]

Much Appreciated Yota, well it's sad but it smells like Maliki.