More Iraqi News Sunday PM 4-25-21
More Iraqi News Sunday PM 4-25-21
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TLM724: A fire broke out in the intensive care unit at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, southeast of the capital, Baghdad, yesterday evening, and the accident resulted in the death of 82 people and the injury of 110 others, according to the Ministry of Interior.
Medical Sources Said That The Fire Was Caused By An Explosion Caused By "Failure To Comply With Safety Conditions Related To Storing Oxygen Cylinders."
Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr. Mustafa Al-Kazemi holds an emergency meeting with a number of ministers, security leaders and officials at the Baghdad Operations Command headquarters against the background of the tragic accident in Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital
🔵 The tragic accident that occurred tonight at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital is a painful event. That is why we had to meet on the same night and at this late hour to speak with you and our people clearly.
Mercy for the souls lost as a result of this painful accident, we are instructed as martyrs, and we have also instructed to take care of the wounded at all levels inside and outside Iraq.
I say it frankly, the incident is a violation of the Iraqi national security, and it is a setback in every sense of the word. We must not let such events go unnoticed.
🔵 Such an accident is evidence of a failure to do so. I have directed an immediate investigation and reservation to the director of the hospital, the director of security and maintenance, and all those concerned until the negligence is found and held accountable.
Negligence in such matters is not just a mistake, but a crime for which all negligent parties must bear the responsibility.
🔵 Security and preventive measures must be audited for all hospitals in Iraq, and a technical team must be formed from all relevant ministries to ensure that safety measures are audited in all hospitals, hotels and public places within one week and in all parts of Iraq.
What complacency, we will hold him firmly accountable .. Today, as a result of complacency, innocent martyrs have fallen. Tomorrow if we inaction, others will fall. No one should tell me an electrical short. This is a defective matter. Check every wire in every public department or hospital, and any department that invokes an electrical contact I will hold everyone accountable for it.
Where is the army of personnel for maintenance? Where are the technicians? Where are the regulatory authorities? Where is the security of hospitals, ministries and public places?
🔵 You have a clear directive .. Each director must personally go down and check safety measures, and the Ministry of Interior must prepare its specialized teams for this purpose, and I will not allow a civil defense official to appear saying we have sent official letters, go by yourself and check and check safety and prevention measures.
Request the results of the investigation into the hospital accident within 24 hours and hold the negligent accountable, whatever it is.
🔵 Directed His Excellency to declare mourning for the souls of the martyrs of the tragic accident.
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America: We Offered To Help Iraq After The Hospital Fire
Time: 04/25/2021 16:26:34 Read: 2,301 times US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said: We offered to help Iraqi officials after the Ibn al-Khatib hospital fire
A fire broke out in the intensive care unit at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, southeast of the capital, Baghdad, yesterday evening, and the accident resulted in the death of 82 people and the injury of 110 others, according to the Ministry of Interior.
Medical sources said that the fire was caused by an explosion caused by "failure to comply with safety conditions related to storing oxygen cylinders."
The Council of Ministers decided, in an exceptional meeting today, Sunday, headed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to conduct an investigation headed by the Minister of Interior, and the membership of ministers, officials and a representative of the Council of Representatives, and to identify the negligent and hold them accountable.
The Council of Ministers also decided to withdraw the hands of the Minister of Health, Hassan Al-Tamimi, the Governor of Baghdad, Muhammad Jaber Al-Atta, and the Director General of the Rusafa Health Department, Abdul-Ghani Al-Saadi, and refer them to the investigation, provided that the investigation is completed within five days, and the report is submitted to the Council of Ministers, with the assistance of experts in The field of interior and health.
The Council also decided to "assign the legal department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to prepare a bill considering the victims of the Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital tragedy as" martyrs ", and to refer it to the House of Representatives and grant an amount of ten million dinars to the families of each victim of the tragedy.
Against the background of the tragic incident, the Rusafa Investigation Court decided to arrest the director of the hospital, Salman Al-Shammari, and a number of its associates until the investigation is completed and the negligent in the incident is known. LINK
With Indescribable Shock And Suffering" ... America, Germany, China, Korea And Tunisia Condole The Fire Of Ibn Al-Khatib
Time: 04/25/2021 13:33:35 Read: 3,900 times {Politics: Al Furat News} The United States, Germany, China, South Korea and Tunisia were all mourned by the fire incident at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad yesterday, Saturday.
"The United States offers its deepest condolences to the victims of the Ibn al-Khatib Hospital fire in Baghdad last night and their families. Our hearts and prayers are with them, and we hope for a speedy recovery for the injured," the US embassy in Baghdad said, according to a statement received by Al Furat News.
Germany also offered condolences through its embassy in Iraq, according to the statement, "We were shocked by the tragic accident that occurred in Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, which caused untold grief and human suffering. We extend our sincere heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, and we wish all the wounded a speedy recovery."
The Embassy of the Republic of China to Iraq expressed, in a statement, "its shock at the fire accident in Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, which led to the death and injury of many Iraqi citizens. The embassy offers its sincere condolences to the victims of the accident and their families, wishing the injured a speedy recovery."
As for the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Baghdad, it offered its condolences and said, "
The Tunisian embassy in Baghdad also attributed the incident and said, "In the wake of the tragic accident in Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, all members of the Tunisian embassy in Baghdad offer their sincere condolences to all Iraqi authorities and the families of the victims, expressing their solidarity and sympathy with all the Iraqi people, wishing that God bless the victims." Ample mercy and to heal the wounded and injured. "
A fire broke out in the intensive care unit at Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, southeast of the capital, Baghdad, yesterday evening, and the accident resulted in the death of 82 people and the injury of 110 others, according to the Ministry of Interior.
Medical sources said that the fire was caused by an explosion caused by "failure to comply with safety conditions related to storing oxygen cylinders."
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi directed, in an emergency security meeting yesterday, to declare mourning for the souls of the martyrs of the tragic accident in the hospital, demanding that the results of the investigation into the accident be submitted within 24 hours.
He stressed that "any complacency we will hold him firmly accountable," attributing the incident and the fall of martyrs to "the result of complacency, and no one should tell me an electrical short, this is a shame."
The Ministry of Health announced that the Prime Minister decided to withdraw the hand of each of {the Director General of the Baghdad Health Department Al-Rusafa, the Director of Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital, the Administrative and Technical Assistant of the Hospital, and the Director of the Engineering and Maintenance Department}. LINK
A Slight Decrease In The Prices Of The Dollar Against The Dinar In The Local Markets
Time: 04/25/2021 10:01:54 Read: 5,083 times {Baghdad: Al Furat News} The exchange rates of the dollar fell today, Sunday, on the main stock exchange in the capital, Baghdad. The central Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya Stock Exchange in Baghdad registered 147,750 Iraqi dinars for 100 US dollars.
While the Central Kifah Stock Exchange recorded 147800 Iraqi dinars during its opening last Thursday morning.
The selling and buying prices witnessed stability in the exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price reached 148,250 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices reached 147,250 dinars per 100 US dollars. LINK
Economic Committee: We Support The Government's Intention To Withdraw The Lagging Investment Licenses
Political| 05:28 - 25/04/2021 Baghdad - Mawazine News The Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee hosted Suha Al-Najjar, head of the National Investment Commission, to review the workflow of the commission, as well as discuss a number of important investment projects.
Committee Chairman Ahmed Salim Al-Kinani said, "The Economic and Investment Committee supports the government's approach to withdraw lagging investment licenses."
Al-Kinani called the National Investment Authority to "study the files of lagging investment licenses and follow the legal contexts against violators according to the applicable investment law."
Al-Kinani added, "The committee has previously called on the National Investment Authority to withdraw the investment licenses that have been lagging, which have been granted for a long time, and no progress has been made in its projects based on the investment law that imposed penalties and fines against violators, including the withdrawal of the investment license."
Al-Kinani explained that the cancellation of the investment license is not related to the end of the period of implementing the project itself and has not started with it. The red tape and bureaucracy in government departments that deal with the investor, as well as the opposition to some decisions issued contrary to the laws in force, which complicates the investment work and enters it in complex circles.
Al-Kinani stated that there must be specific timings that government agencies adhere to, which is outrageous to facilitate the investment process, starting from granting licenses to approving designs and other implementation procedures that government agencies adhere to.
In return, there must be a commitment by the investor to complete the project according to The specific timings and the imposition of legal measures against the investor who is lagging in the absence of a real excuse for delaying work. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=151014
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