Iran is setting up a modern hospital in central Iraq at the cost of about 30 million dollars to provide medical services to Iraqi people, an Iranian official says.
Hassan Pelark, the Iranian head of the Headquarters for Renovation of Iraq's Holy Shrines, said that the construction of the hospital has been finished in the holy city of Karbala and efforts are underway to install equipments of the medical center by March 20.
Pelark noted that Iranian doctors and specialists will offer medical services to Iraqi patients and pilgrims in the 120-bed hospital.
In January, the Red Crescent Societies of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve services to Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims.
Pelark also went on to say that construction of a tourism complex will be finished in Karbala by September to offer services to pilgrims visiting the holy city.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Baghdad in March 2008 offered a $1 billion loan to Iraq for projects that would be handled by Iranian firms.
source : http://abna.ir/
