Last week, despite the major political crises that have been ongoing for several months now due to protests against his policies by his opponents, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seemed to show interest in the issue of health care services in the country, stressing the importance of advancing these services.
Over the past week, Maliki stressed twice the need to expedite the completion of the construction of 10 hospitals in various Iraqi provinces, each including 400 beds. Even though construction was supposed to be completed by the end of the year, a number of these projects have been delayed.