AMMAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Doctors Without Borders, an international medical
humanitarian group, has decided to base its regional office in Jordan to restore
medical aid to Iraqi victims of violence, official news agency Petra reported on
Monday.
The group decided to shift the program in Jordan due to Iraq's difficult
situation, high cost of operations, and constant dangers facing patients and
medical personnel, said officials with the group.
Jordan's security and stability as well as its distinguished geographical
location made it the most suitable place for the organization to conduct surgery
program, added the officials.
The Iraqi mission will focus on surgical activities and be carried out in
close coordination with doctors working in Iraq and the Red Crescent hospital in
Amman, according to the group.
Doctors Without Borders left Iraq in November 2004 as attacks targeting
international aid organizations made it impossible to work there.
Doctors Without Borders is an international independent medical
humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by
armed conflicts, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from
health care in more than 70 countries.