A large number of hospitals in Sulaymaniyah stopped their services as they faced a severe drug shortage.
Many hospitals of Sulaymaniyah governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan ran out of medicine and medical supplies, including Hiwa Cancer Hospital resulting in the closure of the hospitals. The manager of Dr Jamal Ahmad Rashid's Pediatric Teaching Hospital told Kurdsat News, "the medicine shortage we face costs patients 100 million Iraqi dinars [69,000 USD] that is why I ask the public to protest against the government"