 Compared to the previous years, the residents of Karbala and the pilgrims that arrive here based on special occasions find the holy city advancing in every way possible. One of the greatest and fast-growing achievements in Karbala city is the advancement in the healthcare institutions and whoever revives it as if he have saved all of mankind. Chapter 5 verse 32 the Holy Quran. We are committed to promote healthier lives through dedication to the care of each patient. This, along with the holy verse from the Holy Quran, is the motto of the establishers and staff of the Imam al-Hujjah hospital in Karbala city. Imam al-Hujjah hospital Karbala project is part of a series of charitable projects established and sponsored by the development and relief foundation under the guidance and supervision of His Eminence Saeed Murtaza al-Qazweeni. The construction of the hospital with its five luxury buildings started in 2008 and is expected to be completed and put to service in the second quarter of 2016 by the will of Allah. After the fall of Saddam, when we were outside Iraq and came to Iraq, I personally started working with hard and hard work. I was affected by the loss of my mental health. I was transferred to the outside of Iraq for a surgical procedure on the heart. I thought that if I had been given the responsibility to build a hospital for Imam al-Hujjah hospital I would have a surgical procedure on the heart. Because we feel that there is no hospital in Iraq until now and until now. There is no south and north of Iraq for a surgical procedure on the heart. With the need for a surgical procedure now. That is why we started working and we focused on Allah SWT. Our goal is the first goal. After that, when we started working and we received donations from the beneficiaries, two days ago I thought that up to now 27 billion Iraqi dinars have been spent. All of that with the donations of the believers. All of that with the help of the outside of Iraq. All of that with the help of the believers and the donations of Imam al-Hujjah. Our goal is to open a wide variety of groups. The eyes, the bones, the children, the women and many more. Our goal is to get the patient here. At least we can get him a surgical procedure if he needs a surgical procedure. He can get out of our hospital if he wants to. But our procedures in the hospital are at a global level. And we have international witnesses. And in the best possible way. This is our first goal. Until now, as I said, 27 billion dinars have been spent. And in order to start the first stage, there are three stages. The first and second and third stages. In order to start the first stage, we need up to 5 million dollars. After that, the second stage comes. And then the third. I hope that the time will come for everything. Hopefully for every time. And with this work, we really call on the believers inside Iraq, outside Iraq, all of the Islamic countries to present this work, the entrance to the heart of Imam al-Mahdi, may God be pleased with him. The hospital does not return to me. Nor to my family. It returns to him. And every time he comes to us from his blessings, may God be pleased with him. There is no place for visitors from all over the world. And we want, God willing, if we work in the hospital, its services are not only for the people. For them, for the visitors, for the visitors, and for everyone. Our goal is to build a level of hospital services in order to be separated even from the outside. In order for its services to surpass and improve all hospitals. This is our goal. And we ask God Almighty that with this work, they enter the heart of Imam Sahib al-Zaman. And on the hearts of the people of Al-Atar. And on the hearts of the poor, the poor, the sick, the sick. And they will return to the world. And in the end, God willing, they will return to Jazeel. With this, I ask all of you brothers to accept God's work and correct their sins. And peace be upon you. And the mercy of God. And blessings be upon you. In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful. And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace be upon you. And peace be upon you. And peace be upon you. And peace be upon you. The Imam al-Hujja Hospital Project was initiated back in 2008 upon the direction and guidance of Samah al-Sid, Murtad al-Qazweeni. The purpose of establishing a hospital was basically for two reasons. Number one was to provide medical services to the city that were not essentially available at the time and still are not available. This is number one. And second, to enhance the health quality that is being provided by the government hospitals. Those were the two main objectives of the founder when he initiated establishing the Hospital of Imam al-Hujja, peace be upon him. The hospital premise is on 7,500 square meter with a total construction dimensions of 15,000 square meter. It constitute of a main hospital building and four auxiliary buildings that support the hospital's function. The main hospital has eight story levels with altogether eight operation rooms, surgical rooms and 16 beds for ICU and CCU units. The total bed capacity of the hospital is 145 beds. The divisions and disciplines that will be contained in the hospital or the hospital will be serving based on the following divisions. The cardiovascular treatment, the ophthalmology treatment, orthopedics division, OBGYN and maternity, and children, pediatrics and internal medicine. These are the five main divisions that will exist in the hospital upon commission, inshallah. The health condition in province of Karbala generally is suboptimal. It's not as sufficient as it's supposed to be. Iraq is a wealthy country with full resources, natural resources. With educated population. With land that has been sought after by so many tourists worldwide. But unfortunately the health condition generally in Iraq is lagging behind the neighboring countries. I'm talking about Middle East in general. For many reasons. Number one is due to the sanctions at the previous regime, the international sanctions that existed during the previous regime for 37 years. The country experienced lack in health care advances. And was basically cut off from the rest of the world. They were only essential medical items that were allowed to enter the country. Therefore, they never experienced the health advances that most of the countries have experienced. I can give you a couple examples. For example, when you look at any natural disaster or act of violence, some terrorist act, you see the ratio between the dead and those who are injured are very close. If you have 100 injured, you will have about 50 people who die from the same accident. When you look at other countries, you see this ratio is huge. If there are 100 people who are injured, basically 5 to 10 people who die. Usually between 5 to 10%. This is the normal ratio. Why we have such a small gap between those who are injured and those who die in Iraq? It is an unfortunate situation of the health care status in Iraq. There are many services that are not available in the country. And specifically in the province of Karbala. Up to date, we don't have open heart surgery available in the province of Karbala. Nor the therapeutic catheterization. Just recently, some private hospitals have opened in Najaf and surrounding areas that admit patients for therapeutic catheterization. Therefore, we are lagging behind many countries in the health care sector. For every 1,100 population in Karbala, there is only one bed in hospitals available. Where this ratio must be decreased in half. Meaning for at least 500 population, there must be one bed available for every 500 people in the populations. The specialties are nonexistence. As I said, cardiovascular specialties, orthopedics, some complicated surgeries and ophthalmology. The artificial insemination. Again, some complex surgeries in orthopedics. Those do not exist currently in the province of Karbala. That makes many of patients leave either the country or the province go somewhere else. Go outside of the country to receive medical care. Where they end up paying the emergency amount of money to receive a simple procedure, simple medical care that should have existed in the country anyway. So unfortunately, the medical situation in Iraq so far is lagging behind many countries. And especially in the province of Karbala. To a certain extent, it does. But the potential, the full potential of those doctors unfortunately have not been met. Is that we still don't know when I say we, I mean as a government or as a whole country how to receive those medical professionals and how to assist them in assisting us. When an orthopedic surgeon comes from abroad, definitely he needs certain tools and certain instruments in order to practice his medical specialty. But then he finds that these tools and these instruments do not exist. Or the technical staff that should be associated with this medical doctor they're not available. Therefore, he cannot provide the way that he was supposed to be. Many come with big ambitions. Many come with great passions to help the city of Imam Hussain Ali Hussana. But when they are stuck with realities many of them, you know, they get cold and not happy about the situation. Therefore, I think one reason for having such hospital here in the province of Karbala and the holy city of Karbala is to allow those medical doctors and expertise to come to fly to the city of Karbala to provide their service at best way possible. We try to facilitate all their needs and requirements when they are here to administer the treatment for the public. Hospitals in general are considered the most vital services in any community due to their profound effect on the lives of all members of the society. Therefore, they should be designed and constructed in accordance with strict biomedical codes that comply with international standards and specifications. Constantly, what makes Imam Hujja Hospital project most worthy is that it is filling in the shortage of hospitals with multiple specialties that must operate in accordance with international codes and standards in a province of 1.5 million, notwithstanding annual visitation which exceed 30 million pilgrims. Although Imam Hujja Hospital is a charitable organization it is not affiliated with any official governmental, political, religious or financial entity. However, because of the prohibitive cost of healthcare, at the present time the hospital will provide the medical care in exchange for a nominal fee that will cover the cost of the treatment. Our goal is God's satisfaction and the healing of the ill.