Iraq doctors say vendettas threaten their lives as they save others

In Iraq, medicine is a matter of life or death - not just for patients, but for doctors facing threats by vengeful relatives and emigrating en masse.

Shaymaa Al Kamali, a family physician in Baghdad, said her problems began when she barred a patient's father from staying in the hospital after visiting hours.

Furious and carrying arms, their relatives stormed her clinic in protest, and she had to flee through a service entrance.