IRAQ: Poor power supply infrastructure threatens lives

[ckramer]

"Every day we see an increase in the number of people looking for our services due to health problems caused by the lack of power," Dr Abbas Shaker, a clinician at Yarmouk hospital, told IRIN. Shaker explained that children and the elderly were most vulnerable to dehydration, especially if their homes do not have a cooling system.

Communities have called on the government to act quickly in order to prevent further casualties.

"My two sons are suffering from dehydration in the hospital because we cannot afford generators or buy a fan to cool our house," Salua Hassan told IRIN at the Paediatrician Teaching Hospital in Baghdad.

The erratic power supply has also taken a toll on businesses in the capital.

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[Karenina]

1. Interrupted power supply,

Rancid air, polluted water, poisoned food, depleted uraniam, soldiers kicking in doors and shooting indiscriminately...

[geek tragedy]

2. We granted them freedom from electricity. eom

[dArKeR]

3. Are the Christian Repukes really trying to destroy the world?

Making such a mess of things in the world and trying to make as many people in the world to hate America. Trying to hurt as many people as possible and hoping one of them will strike back so that the GOP can drop nuclear bombs on countries?

[Karenina]

4. I have no doubt

that IS the plan.