Shafaq News- Baghdad
More than 200,000 medical and health graduates have remained without government appointments since 2023, Parliament's Health Committee member Miqdad Al-Khafaji told Shafaq News on Wednesday.
The committee submitted a proposal during a meeting with Health Minister Abdul Hussein Al-Mousawi to secure the necessary funding through the federal budget law and hire graduates in batches across the ministry's departments and institutions.
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Al-Khafaji said Law No. 6 of 2000 guarantees medical and health graduates appointments within the Health Ministry, calling for the backlog to be addressed in line with legal entitlements and the number of graduates awaiting jobs.