title: A dose of the UN's medicine.
abstract: Mariam Hamza hit the headlines when she was whisked to Britain from sanctions-hit Iraq to receive leukaemia treatment. Susannah Hall and David Olafimihan report from Iraq on the patients and nurses who were left behind.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olafimihan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D010360:Patient Transfer