IRAQ: WATCH: Doctors in Basra report rise in birth defects
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:20 amWATCH: Doctors in Basra report rise in birth defects
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21873892
21 March 2013 Last updated at 06:35 ET Help
Doctors at the Basra maternity hospital in southern Iraq have told the BBC that they have seen a 60% rise in birth defects since 2003.
Dr Muhsin Sabbak from the hospital is convinced that the rise in defects, such as spina bifida, is because of munitions from the Iraq war.
The BBC's Yalda Hakim has been investigating.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21873892
21 March 2013 Last updated at 06:35 ET Help
Doctors at the Basra maternity hospital in southern Iraq have told the BBC that they have seen a 60% rise in birth defects since 2003.
Dr Muhsin Sabbak from the hospital is convinced that the rise in defects, such as spina bifida, is because of munitions from the Iraq war.
The BBC's Yalda Hakim has been investigating.
Read More
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21829269