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Tarmiya
Qada conducts ground breaking ceremony
Blackanthem Military News,
CAMP TAJI, Iraq, April 16, 2006 11:42
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Sheik Saeed Jassim, Qada chairman, poses with members of the Tarmiya
Qada as they prepare to break ground on a new wing to the Tarmiya
medical clinic. The new wing will contain an operating room and a
birthing room.(U.S. Army photo by Maj. David Olson, 1st BCT PAO, 4th
Inf. Div.) |
Members of the Tarmiya Qada
(city council) conducted a short ceremony to mark the ground-breaking of a
new wing for the Tarmiya medical clinic north of Baghdad April 12.
Eight Qada members watched a front-end loader break ground on the project
to add a new operating room and a birthing room to the Tarmiya medical
clinic.
The project, valued at $200,000, is scheduled for completion Sept. 1, said
Maj. Herb Joliat, civil military officer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division. A local construction company was awarded the contract
to build the new wing, which means the money will remain in the local area
to boost the economy and provide local citizens work.
"Great things are happening here! I want to improve the city," said Sheik
Saeed Jassim, the Qada leader. "I want these projects to get started so
the city can prosper.
"The people are now happier with the security situation. What’s next is
making the medical center bigger," he continued. "We’ll add an operating
room and a birthing room. We are also building roads in addition to other
projects for the city."
By MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD
4th Infantry Division
CAMP LIBERTY
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