{"id":3815,"date":"2023-02-16T00:23:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T00:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3815"},"modified":"2025-07-18T00:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:28:36","slug":"iraq-thousands-of-iraqis-choose-to-go-abroad-for-medical-care-in","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/news\/iraq-thousands-of-iraqis-choose-to-go-abroad-for-medical-care-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq: Thousands of Iraqis choose to go abroad for medical care In"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-213\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-12 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"a6186f4c-8650-4829-b6b0-2c1a95d63d30\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\">\n<div class=\"relative max-w-[var(--user-chat-width,70%)] bg-token-message-surface rounded-3xl px-5 py-2.5\">\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\">a media statement, the member of the Doctors Syndicate, Wael Alany, said that during the last five years, the number of Iraqis who leave abroad for medical treatment has doubled due to the deterioration of medical services in the country. Wael Alany pointed out that no less than 200,000 Iraqis leave the country every year to seek medical care in neighbouring countries, due to the decline of health services in the public and private sectors. He added that the annual expenditure of Iraqis in treatment abroad is enough to fully rehabilitate the country\u2019s health sector, adding that the problem lies in the immigration of medical cadres abroad.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wael Alany pointed out that no less than 200,000 Iraqis leave the country every year to seek medical care in neighbouring countries, due to the decline of health services in the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the annual expenditure of Iraqis in treatment abroad is enough to fully rehabilitate the country\u2019s health sector, adding that the problem lies in the immigration of medical cadres abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-214\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\">\n<h6 class=\"sr-only\"><\/h6>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"country":[],"news-categories":[163],"news-tags":[232,233],"sectors":[],"types-of-trade-union-violations":[],"worker-categories-most-affected":[],"class_list":["post-3815","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-social-protection","news-tags-health","news-tags-migration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3816,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3815\/revisions\/3816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"news-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-categories?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"sectors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sectors?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"types-of-trade-union-violations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-of-trade-union-violations?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"worker-categories-most-affected","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arabtradeunion.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/worker-categories-most-affected?post=3815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}