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Dozens of graduates of medical colleges, pharmacy, and other health departments demonstrated yesterday , Wednesday, in several Iraqi governorates, including Baghdad, Kirkuk, Nineveh, Najaf, Maysan, Dhi Qar, and Basra, in protest against not being included in appointments despite their graduation two years ago, demanding the Ministry of Health and the Council of Ministers to issue appointment orders for them .
In Kirkuk, one of the demonstrators, Aya Jamal, said, “Graduates of colleges of medicine, pharmacy, and other health departments organized a demonstration in front of the governorate’s health department to demand appointments, like graduates from previous years and from other governorates,” adding, “We graduated two years ago, but we did not receive any response from them.” Ministry of Health .”
She stressed that “the demonstrators blocked a main road to deliver their message to the government, the Ministry of Health, and the Council of Ministers that there are thousands of graduates who did not get a job opportunity,” demanding By launching appointments to the staff of the Ministry of Health and appointing graduates who have graduated years ago .
For his part, demonstrator Abbas Khalil stressed that “the demonstrators’ demands focus on opening the door to contracting, as there are important specializations and health departments need them,” noting that “The demonstrators blocked the main road amid strict measures from the security forces .”
In Nineveh, a number of graduates, during their participation in the demonstration held in front of the Nineveh Health Directorate, demanded that Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani and the Minister of Health include graduates of medical colleges and institutes during the past year in appointments .
Demonstrators stressed, “Not appointing them constitutes an injustice to them on the one hand, and negatively affects the reality of health institutions due to the shortage of medical personnel on the other hand .”
In this context, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Health and Environment Committee, Majid Shankali , confirmed that his committee submitted a proposal for the fourth amendment to the Medical Graduation Law No. 6 of 2000 .
He explained that one of the most important provisions of the proposal is “appointing new students as needed in health institutions, while graduates of previous years will be appointed in accordance with the current law that obliges the government to appoint all graduates of medical colleges and health institutes .”
Shankali added : “We were surprised by the Council of Ministers’ decision to allocate only 29,000 job degrees this year to the Ministry of Health, while the number of applicants from graduates of medical colleges and institutes is about 61,000, excluding science graduates .”
Şengali pointed out that this situation will lead to major problems and widespread demands from graduates, their families, and unions, calling on the government to cooperate with the House of Representatives to legislate a law that suits the interests of the state and graduates. He stressed that “the government needs to cooperate with the Ministry of Health to solve this problem and appoint graduates, especially since many of them joined private colleges for financial compensation and also have high grades .”
Shankali concluded his speech by saying that health institutions cannot bear this huge number of graduates, and that amending the medical internship law should have been done years ago to guarantee the rights of students and citizens alike .
