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Army helping Sadr City expand medical facilities

Sep- 1-2005 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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By Norris Jones, Army News Service

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service, Sept. 1, 2005) -- More has been invested for health care in Sadr City this past year than over 15 years under Saddam Hussein.

In fact, it was 1986 when Iraq’s last new hospital was built.

In Sadr City, a relatively poor area of Baghdad, the Al Baladi Maternity and Children’s Hospital opened in 1983. Last July, workers began renovating and upgrading that facility under a $17.2 million contract. In addition, six new primary healthcare centers are under construction at a cost of $3.7 million. [...]


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