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Iraq’s Ministry of Health released details 16 hospitals, of 100-bed capacity each, to be built in different provinces under an oil for projects agreement between China and Iraq.
The 20-year framework agreement was signed in 2019 wherein China will finance the construction of infrastructure including schools and hospitals in the OPEC member in exchange for crude oil.
Ministry spokesperson Seif Al-Badr told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that construction contracts for the hospitals are being finalised under the direct supervision of the Health Minister Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi.
The 16 hospitals and their locations are as follows
- Al-Imam Al-Sadiq District, Basra
- Al-Muqdadiya District, Diyala
- Al-Khalidiya District, Anbar
- Tel Kaif, Nineveh
- Baiji District, Salah al-Din
- Saddat Al-Hindiya, Babel
- Al-Jadwal Al-Gharbi, Karbala
- Al-Khader District, Muthanna
- Al-Haydariya District, Najaf
- Souq Al-Shuyukh, Dhi Qar
- Al-Majar Al-Kabir, Maysan
- Al-Abbasi District, Kirkuk
- Al-Aziziyah District – Wasit
- Al-Bdeir District – Diwaniya
- Al-Zaafaraniya – Baghdad (Rusafa)
- Al-Shoala – Baghdad (Karkh)
Al-Badr said the hospitals will be completed in three years from the start of construction.
In January 2024, a Zawya Projects report stated that Iraq is planning to establish 16 hospitals distributed among 15 governorates within the oil for projects agreement with China.
(Writing by Majda Muhsen; Editing by Anoop Menon)
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