A modern 100-bed hospital dedicated to treating thalassemia patients is set to be built in Erbil, as part of efforts to improve healthcare services for people living with the inherited blood disorder.
Omed Khoshnaw, Governor of Erbil, said construction of the hospital is expected to begin in the near future. He emphasized the importance of supporting humanitarian and healthcare projects aimed at improving patients’ quality of life.
“We provide all necessary facilities for humanitarian and healthcare projects. Our goal is to ease the suffering of thalassemia patients and provide them with the best possible medical services,” Khoshnaw said.
The hospital will be built in the Bagh-e-Munara neighborhood on a 20,000-square-meter plot of land allocated for the project. The Erbil Directorate General of Health has already begun procedures to prepare the hospital’s final design.
According to available figures, more than 3,600 thalassemia patients are registered across the Kurdistan Region, including more than 1,190 in Erbil alone.
The planned hospital is expected to provide specialized medical services for patients and strengthen the region’s healthcare infrastructure.
