Sick Iraqi kids to be treated in KL

Sick Iraqi kids to be treated in KL

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A number of sick Iraqi children will be brought to Malaysia soon for medical treatment, Iraqi ambassador Adnan Malik al-Ghazali said on Monday.

Ghazali said the Iraqi health system could not meet medical needs because of United Nations sanctions.

He said non-governmental groups and charities would raise funds to meet travel expenses and Malaysian public and private hospitals had offered to treat the children.

Ghazali said the initiative followed a visit to Iraq led by Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, the wife of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.