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Mental institute in Iraq struggles to meet needs

CONFLICT Three years after the US invasion, the al-Rashad mental institute struggles to meet the needs of patients suffering from post-invasion trauma

AFP , BAGHDAD

Like many other institutions in Iraqi society, al-Rashad is struggling to make ends meet and is overburdened by an ever-swelling number of patients. The same atmosphere of insecurity that sends people to the institute is keeping away foreign aid.

"The International Committee of the Red Cross used to help us but when their headquarters was bombed in 2003, we were left alone," Dr Raghed Issa said.

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