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Baghdad Medical City () formerly known as Saddam Medical City (1983-2003) and before that known as Medical City Teaching Hospital (1973-1983) is a complex of several 
Facilities & Buildings:
*Baghdad Teaching Hospital
*Surgical Specialties Hospital (the same building includes Iraqi Center for Cardiac Diseases, Toxicology Center and Kidney Transplant Center)
*Private Nursing Home Hospital
*Child Protection Teaching Hospital (the same building includes Bone Marrow Transplant Center)
*Medical City Department (General Management Department)
*Central Laboratories
*institute of radiology
*Pasteur Institute
*Physiotherapy Departments in all hospitals & centres links directly to the rehabilitation department in MoH
*Tuberculosis Health Center (TB and Chest Institute)
*National Center for Blood Transfusion
*Gastroenterology & Hepatology centre.
*Specialized Burn Hospital.
* Medical and Health libraries with internet centres.
* Medicolegal Center, Forensics pathology department.
* Medical and healthcare Schools
*Doctors, health and medical specialities residency housing
*Police Department.
In Baghdad, Even the Hospitals Are Sick
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teaching hospitals
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
in Bab Al-Moatham
Bab Al-Moatham (Bab Al-Muadham or Bab Al-Mu'azzam) is a neighborhood of the Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, not far east of the Tigris River. It is the location of the Iraq National Library and Archive, a campus of the University of Baghdad, ...
, Baghdad
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, Iraq
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. The complex stands where the former Garden of Ridvan of Baghdad was.
The Medical City includes the Baghdad University College of Medicine. The largest hospital in the complex is the Surgical Specialties Hospital built in 1980. The second largest is the Baghdad Teaching Hospital, opened in 1970, which contains the out patient clinics and the emergency department. The complex has over a thousand beds for patients.
Facilities & Buildings:
*Baghdad Teaching Hospital
*Surgical Specialties Hospital (the same building includes Iraqi Center for Cardiac Diseases, Toxicology Center and Kidney Transplant Center)
*Private Nursing Home Hospital
*Child Protection Teaching Hospital (the same building includes Bone Marrow Transplant Center)
*Medical City Department (General Management Department)
*Central Laboratories
*institute of radiology
*Pasteur Institute
*Physiotherapy Departments in all hospitals & centres links directly to the rehabilitation department in MoH
*Tuberculosis Health Center (TB and Chest Institute)
*National Center for Blood Transfusion
*Gastroenterology & Hepatology centre.
*Specialized Burn Hospital.
* Medical and Health libraries with internet centres.
* Medicolegal Center, Forensics pathology department.
* Medical and healthcare Schools
*Doctors, health and medical specialities residency housing
*Police Department.
Financial crisis
In 2008 there was only one working elevator, out of ten, in the 18 storey building and no air-conditioning. In February 2016, the hospital, like all public hospitals in Iraq, began to charge patients for individual services. It was expected that supplies of advanced medical equipment like pacemakers and stents will run out during 2016.See also
*List of hospitals in Iraq
This is a list of hospitals in Iraq derived from World Health Organization and other records.
Baghdad (The Capital)
Military Hospital
* Hammad Shahab Hospital
* Al-Rasheed Military Hospital
* Air Force Military Hospital
* Ibn Al-Kuff Military H ...
* Ministry of Health (Iraq)
The Ministry of Health and environment of Iraq was formed in 1920.
Its task is to provide health and medical services to every Iraqi citizen during normal and emergency circumstances in the country. The ministry also administrates the affairs of h ...
The Iraqi Center for Heart Diseases
References
In Baghdad, Even the Hospitals Are Sick
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