The appearance of a cat and a mouse in the intensive care room of a government hospital in Iraq caused great anger and ridicule on social media platforms, and the tweeters poured out their anger on the dire conditions that the country's health and medical reality has reached.
The story, which was monitored by the “Shabakat” program in its episode on 2/20/2023, began when someone in the intensive care unit at Marjan Hospital in Hilla in the city of Babylon - a government and educational hospital - filmed a video clip of a cat chasing a mouse in the room, while the mouse was running while it was He carries a piece in his mouth, and in another clip, the cat appears on top of the medical equipment near the treatment bed. This clip recalled the famous cartoon series "Tom and Jerry".
But the problem is that "Tom and Jerry" appeared in an intensive care room, although rats can transmit dangerous diseases and viruses to humans, including the "Hanta" virus, which may cause death, and cats can transmit many viruses to humans that cause diseases, including plague. .
In light of this understanding, the video clip caused great anger among Iraqi activists, as Ammar Al-Hadithi tweeted, "The intensive care unit has turned into a zoo. It is reasonable to neglect this extent."
In turn, Radhi mocked the passage and the situation reached by the hospitals in Iraq, writing, “Morgan Hospital produces the movie “Tom and Jerry” inside the corridors and lobbies of the hospital, where Jerry was seen trying to escape from Tom the cat, and none of the hospital staff intervenes because they can take (they have) filming permission. ".
Nagham also chose to comment sarcastically on the clip, saying, "Their presence is useful, helping patients to recover quickly and running in the halls."
Makki Abdullah went on to say sarcastically as well, "Nice beings, let us let them live among us in peace, and let us enlarge our minds and set aside selfishness, and a mouse, no matter how quarrelsome and frivolous, remains less harmful than a doctor or nurse without conscience."
In the same context of the comments, Jubouri wrote, "Zayn al-Bazoun (the cat), why didn't he eat al-Juraidi!? If he was afraid, they would accuse him of eating the property of the state and the Ministry of Health."
Immediately after the clip was spread on social media, and in an effort to calm the anger it caused, the Director General of Health of Babil Governorate, Hudayr Al-Birmani, visited the hospital and confirmed that this clip is old, and reassured the Iraqis of the safety of the healthy environment in the hospital.
It is noteworthy that the health situation in Iraq has been suffering since the nineties from a shortage of medical supplies and health personnel, and the violence that Iraq has been witnessing for years has caused the flight of about 45% of the medical staff, and the average wages of doctors in Iraq are between 700-800 dollars only.