3,000 oxygen tubes to face dust storm in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: North Iraq ’s Ninewa’s Health Directorate has prepared 3,000 oxygen tubes to face a heavy dust storm that blew over the Province on Tuesday, Ninewa’s Health Director said, adding that hospitals had received 29 cases of citizens, suffering from heavy breathing cases.   “3,000 oxygen tubes had been prepared by Ninewa’s   Oxygen plants for its health authorities,” Dr. Salahaddin Thounoun told IraqiNews.com news agency, pointing out that the province’s hospitals have received 29 cases of heavy breathing since Tuesday morning.   Dr. Tounoun said that most cases were affecting old people and children, suffering from heavy breathing diseases and had been treated in hospitals.   Mosul , the center of Ninewa Province , is 405 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (PT)   401