Health services in Iraq are on a downward slope

摘要

An editorial in the 2 June issue of The Lancet paints a grim picture of the health situation in Iraq today.Deterioration is proceeding at almost every level of the health service.Insulin is unavailable in Iraq because it is not safe to distribute it.Cases of cholera were reported last month,The head of residential doctors in Samarra General Hospital has described how power faciHties have prevented the use of all medical appliances there.