A look into Health Services of the Oil Industry in the Iran-Iraq War

Oil-rich regions of Iran are generally located in the south and southwest of the country. The lands that were unfortunately repeatedly subjected to the most brutal bombardments and attacks by the enemy army during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war lost many children and suffered great damage and destruction. These widespread attacks also left many injured. Prompt and proper health care for the wounded, wounded, and war victims required a coherent organization that Iran's military structures lacked, especially in the early days of the war, for the reasons discussed in this study. For this reason, the Oil Health Organization, which was one of the most advanced health structures in the country, especially in the southern regions of Iran, was able to provide valuable services to the wounded and wounded of the war, including civilians, soldiers, volunteer fighters and even the Iraqi army.

This article is a historical review in which oral history has been used extensively. Unfortunately, in the articles and books written about Combat Medicine in Iran, there is no mention of the role of oil health and the author has not reached them. The present study only addresses some of these valuable services.

Using a handful of sources and talking to several people involved in the oil industry and working in the field of treatment, data about hospitals, people working in these hospitals, and the results of their sacrifices were obtained. This, above all, is a sign of their self-sacrifice and devotion.

In the early days of the Iran-Iraq war, the oil industry was one of the centers that provided various services to the war wounded; including various hospitals of the oil industry. But unfortunately, there is very little data available in this area. In order to collect and transmit this data to future generations, it is necessary to make a concerted effort to document the health services of the oil industry during the Iran-Iraq war. This article is a suggestion to start this way.