Reports were released on 3 Sept. 2016 of sub-standard sanitary practices at hospitals in occupied Iraq, as concerns infections acquired in medical facilities, the handling of syringes, needles, etc.
Eighty-five percent of the hospitals in Iraqi governorates have been damaged or destroyed as the result of the illegal war.
President George W. Bush already on 20 January 2003 sought to abrogate the responsibility of compliance with GCIV, pertaining to medical duties of an Occupying Power.
See: Pub. L. 105-235 (link to NSPD 24)