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8. Baghdad Hospital Doctors on Strike Against Soldiers (Reuters)

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Baghdad hospital doctors on strike against soldiers
19 Jul 2005 11:29:26 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Mussab Al-Khairalla

BAGHDAD, July 19 (Reuters) - More than two dozen doctors walked out of one of Baghdad's busiest hospitals on Tuesday to protest what they said was abuse by Iraqi soldiers, leaving about 100 patients to fend for themselves in chaotic wards.

Physicians said the troubles started when soldiers barged into a woman's wing at Yarmouk hospital, opened curtains and conducted searches as patients lay in their beds on Monday.

A 27-year-old internal medicine specialist said a soldier began intimidating and abusing him.

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