The Iraqi government has earmarked 20 billion dinars ($17.2 million) to support Iraqi patients receiving treatment overseas, official said Monday (July 9th).
"The government decided in its 57th session, held this morning, to allocate the funds to treat 12,000 Iraqi patients suffering from diseases that are incurable in Iraq, such as congenital deformities, injuries from terrorist operations and cancer tumors," said government advisor Salam al-Quraishi.
He added that "the government has specified certain countries, such as Germany, India, Turkey, Austria and Lebanon, to send Iraqi patients to beginning next month."
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خالد
2012-8-1
I send virtuous Iraqi Government a telegram with a very easy request which is having some kind of mercy on the Iraqi people, giving them attention, taking into account their interests, addressing the corruption, and eradicating extremism and terrorism. Have mercy on those great people, those people whose history dates back thousands of years and has a great civilization. We also demand the provision of employment and jobs for the young people. Also, the government must provide the social assistance given to the people that are donated for specific social purposes and aimed at helping the vulnerable people who are unable to support themselves or their families like the elderly as well as the healthily disabled and also giving the appropriate financial assistance to the unemployed. This will lead to positive results on the people themselves and certainly will wipe out the unemployment in the State which emerged as a result of the outcome of the Iraqi war with America, Britain and NATO, and the financial assistance will encourage the people to come out to the labor market.
صفا العراق
2012-7-11
God bless you, government's councilor! But take care of the poor…Not just your relatives!