b_179_129_16777215_00_images_1111.jpegIRAQ - An Iraqi medical resident, Mohammed Hassan, is worried about fulfilling his Hippocratic oath. A recent graduate in cardiothoracic surgery from Karbala Medical College in Iraq, the 27-year-old is worried he might hurt, rather than help, his patients.

Most of the professors “were not able to explain the subjects well,” said Hassan. “The lack of academics led the college to bring working doctors and even professors from other faculties.

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