The Najaf Teaching Hospital has transformed from a run down hospital that once harbored militia into a full-time operational outpatient clinic capable of outpatient surgeries and emergency room visits. The hospital was built in 1982 and is identical to 6 other hospitals built at that time throughout Iraq. It is a 420-bed facility with 13 operating theatres capable of surgical specialties for eyes, thoracic, cancer treatment and dialysis. Pic: LTC Stan Heath, US Army Corps of Engineers