Iraqis react to hospital fire

The World

On Sunday, a fire broke out at an Iraqi hospital, killing 82 people and injuring more than 100. The tragic event added to the crisis that Iraq’s health care system is already facing, after decades of war, sanctions and neglect. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Marsin Alshamary, a postdoctoral fellow at the Brookings Institute, about the impact this is having on ordinary Iraqis.

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