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Looters Ravage Baghdad Mental Hospital

NPR

Published May 2, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Once one of the most advanced mental institutions in the region, Baghdad's Al-Rashad Mental Hospital is now struggling to care for its rapidly deteriorating patients. Looters have left the facility without beds, food, anti-psychotic drugs and other critical supplies. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

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