Upgrading Emergency Unit In Major Hospital In Karbala
 By Ali al-Nashi
Karbala, 20 April 2007 (Voices of Iraq)
Director of Karbala health department said on Thursday that the cornerstone was set in place for the project of expanding the emergency unit in the Hussein public hospital which will cost around 1,200 billion Iraqi dinars ($ 156 m).
“We set in place the cornerstone for the project of expanding the emergency unit in the Hussein public hospital, the first upgrading of the hospital since its establishment in 1973,” Dr. Alaa Hamoudi Bedier told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
“The 1150-square meters project will cost 1.2 billion dinars,” he added, noting that the project would be accomplished in seven months.
“The project is very important as it provides many medical services to citizens, as the hospital is the only one in Karbala,” Dr Bedier also said.
“The unit will consist of two rooms for minor operations with the most advanced equipments,” he stated.
Karbala is located in southwest of Baghdad. It is the second Shiite city after Najaf. It hosts the Shrine of the third Shiite Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Muhammed It is 108 km southwest of Baghdad. IraqUpdates