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Health crisis in the making as doctors flee Iraq

As a brain drain in the health sector and the war against IS continue, Iraq is facing a health crisis.

A woman, who was wounded in a bombing at a Kurdish wedding in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka, lies in a hospital in Dohuk province, Iraq, October 4, 2016.   REUTERS/Ari Jalal  - RTSQP7M
A woman who was wounded in a bombing at a Kurdish wedding in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah lies in a hospital in Dahuk province, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2016. — REUTERS/Ari Jalal

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