Iraq contracts with China to build a medical city in Dhi Qar at a cost of 490 billion dinars., 24 MARCH

  Iraq contracts with China to build a medical city in Dhi Qar at a cost of 490 billion dinars

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani sponsored, today, Saturday, the signing ceremony of the contract to establish the medical city in Dhi Qar Governorate, with the Chinese company (CSCEC), which is considered one of the largest contracts in the medical and healthcare sector.

Al-Sudani commended all the efforts made by the Dhi Qar Reconstruction Fund, the Ministry of Health, and other supporting agencies, which resulted in the signing of this 490 billion dinar contract, which will begin implementation soon. 

He emphasized that Dhi Qar Governorate and its sacrificial people deserve the implementation of such a vital project, which will generate economic returns and prevent citizens from having to travel for medical treatment.

His Excellency affirmed that the Medical City project and the medical sector in general are at the top of the government's priorities, stressing the importance of continuing to implement projects in this sector, in order to proceed with the remaining structural reforms, especially the implementation of the health insurance law, and the projects to localize the pharmaceutical industry, which have achieved a qualitative leap. 

He pointed to the government's efforts to implement seven hospitals in all governorates, complete the projects of lagging hospitals, and adopt a method of joint management and operation with international health institutions.

The Dhi Qar Medical City Project includes (13) independent medical facilities, including 7 hospitals with a total capacity of (700) beds, namely the main hospital with 200 beds, a specialized children's hospital with 100 beds, a specialized women's hospital with 100 beds, a blood diseases and oncology center with 100 beds, a specialized internal medicine and digestive system hospital with 100 beds, an emergency hospital with 50 beds, a consulting clinics complex, specialized centers, buildings for forensic medicine, research and studies, a blood bank, and a doctors' house.

 The first phase of the project will be built on an area of ​​93 dunums, while the second phase will be built on an area of ​​39 dunums.  link