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USAID provides grants to the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital
Baghdad, Iraq
October 2003
The Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital 15 KM northeast of Baghdad was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Ahmed Ali Swedan, 11, lies in bed at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries from shelling in July 2003 left him paralyzed from the waist down. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Ahmed Ali Swedan, 11, lies in bed at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries from shelling in July 2003 left him paralized from the waist down. His mother helps care for him. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Saeda Thehawey Hassin, 13, lies in bed at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries from a bullet in the back on September 10, 2003 left her paralized from the waist down. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Dr. Samyan Nife attends to Al Abdullah Ali, 21, at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries he suffered in a diving accident on June 10, 2003 left him paralized from the waist down. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Al Abdullah Ali, 21, lies in bed at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries he suffered in a diving accident on June 10, 2003 left him paralized from the waist down. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Dr.Samyan Nife inspects damage at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
The Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
The physical therapy room at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital 15 KM northeast of Baghdad was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
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Al Abdullah Ali, 21, lies in bed at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries he suffered in a diving accident on June 10, 2003 left hihim paralized from the waist down. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.
Photo: Thomas Hartwell

Baghdad, Iraq, October 2003 - Al Abdullah Ali, 21, lies in bed at the Ibn Al-Qiff Spinal Cord Injury Hospital after injuries he suffered in a diving accident on June 10, 2003 left him paralized from the waist down. The hospital, 15 KM northeast of Baghdad, was severely damaged when the adjacent UN Headquarters was destroyed in a bomb in August 2003. The only facility of its kind in Iraq is now only able to treat the most severe patients and that is due to the dedication of staff who have not been paid in months and work under extreme conditions. A $524,500 grant from USAID for medical equipment and supplies will help get this facility back in service providing 125 bed inpatient services and and handling an estimated 25,000 outpatient visits each year.

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