Iraq: Basra Health Crisis: 17,000 Admitted to Hospitals for Water Poisoning

Aug 29, 2018 | Mina Aldroubi, The National
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Basra's health authorities said on Wednesday that more than 17,000 people have been admitted to hospitals over illnesses contracted from polluted drinking water. There has been a surge in illnesses blamed on the lack of clean drinking water in the southern oil-rich provinceResidents and politicians say it is a symptom of the breakdown in public services caused by corruption and years of neglect by the central government in Baghdad.