Health ministry demands $3.8 billion budget in 2009

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The general inspector of the health ministry on Friday said that his ministry demands the government to get a $3.800 billion budget in 2009 to improve the health situation in the country. “The health ministry demanded the government to have $3.8 billion budget,” Adel Mohsen told IraqiNews.com, noting that the ministry needs the amount to upgrade the health situation in Iraq . The Iraqi cabinet discussed during its extraordinary session on November 9, the federal budget in 2009, which according to the government’s Spokesman Ali al-Dabagh will reach $70.5 billion. SH (P) 1