Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq is developing “fundamental solutions” to ensure the implementationof the Medical Training Law of 2020*, Abdul Hussein Al-Mousawi, the country’snew Minister of Health, told Shafaq News on Sunday, noting that additionalinitiatives from the ministry will be unveiled later.
The ministry is advancing several plans aimed at improving the healthsector and upgrading services in hospitals across the country, he added.
Earlier today, health workers in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region called forurgent governmental action to appoint thousands of unemployed medicalgraduates, warning that staffing shortages are placing growing pressure onhealth services across the Region.
*The Iraqi Medical Training Law of 2020 is a framework that regulatesthe training and placement of medical graduates through structured internshipand residency programs. It is intended to improve clinical training and helpaddress staffing needs in Iraq’s health sector.
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