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.
Source: Xinhua
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