Hind Al Soulia – Riyadh – Iraq’s political turmoil and the prospect – albeit still remote – of future US sanctions have triggered a warning from one of the country’s leading medical suppliers of life-threatening shortages of drugs that could rival the hardships of the “oil-for-food” era. Dr Zaid Al Haythem, the general manager of Al Hayat which is one of the biggest importers of pharmaceuticals, said Iraqis were used to finding solutions to “survive” amid the turmoil of the last decades including the recent ISIS takeover of parts of the country. Few have taken onboard however how close the country is to returning to the Saddam Hussein-era crisis of rationing of medicines that blighted the lives of millions. Even if the US does not follow-through on suggestions it would impose sanctions following the recent impasse with Baghdad over the assassination of IRGC chief, Qassem Suleimani, he warned major […]