Iraq, Russia for boosting health cooperation

The Iraqi minister of health Hameed Midhat Mubarak has asserted his country's interest to developing cooperation with Russia in the areas of health especially qualifying Iraqi doctors in Russia and the work of Russian doctors in the Iraqi hospitals.

In a press statement he made in Moscow on Tuesday, where he is on an official visit to Russia, he added " we need the Russian help in several medical areas including surgical operation for the heart, laser surgery and cancer diseases."

On the other hand, the Iraqi health minister signed during his visit to Moscow with the Russian side a cooperation protocol between the two countries in the area of providing Iraq with Russian medical equipment and instruments.