Essential Services - Health Care
- IRMO Ministry of Health and Project and Contracting Office representatives made a two day trip to the Najaf Teaching Hospital and the Maternity Hospital; both facilities are proceeding according to schedule.
- The teaching hospital will open with limited capabilities (i.e. Emergency Room, and Administration Services) on or about September 30th.
- The maternity hospital is preparing for phase one to include water sterilization system improvement and HVAC.
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- Local officials are preparing for between three and seven million visitors to Karbala on September 29-30 to observe the birthday of the Twelfth Imam, Muhammed al-Mahdi, whom the Shia believe will reappear before Judgment Day.
- The Ministry of Health is making the appropriate preparations for this march and potential problems to include a tent hospital for casualties.