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HBO's Baghdad Hospital: It Ain't E.R.

Laurie Nadel | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Laurie Nadel

Fearful for their safety and their careers, no fewer than 350 Iraqi doctors refused to appear on camera. The 351st to be asked agreed.

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Diary of an Iraqi ER Doctor Turned Journalist: Where Western Media Could Not Travel

Omer Salih Mahdi | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Ministry of Health, George Packer, The New Yorker, Baghdad Doctor, Al Yarmouk Hospital, Deborah Amos, Iraqi Journalists, George Packer New Yorker, Hbo, Baghdad Hospital, Iraq, HBO Baghdad Hospital, Media News
Omer Salih Mahdi

Once, I asked a manager why they were against the filming in a Baghdad hospital, he answered: "We don't want to expose our dirty laundry, you are a doctor here and you know what I mean."

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