Bacterial contamination caused by wastewater discharged from of some hospitals in Basra city, southeast Iraq

الملخص EN

This study seeking for explain a paradox that is while the hospitals being served to many of the people in the terms of their medical services, it could be, in the same time, considered as a major source to contaminated them with acute diseases.

Therefore, the present study is concerned with detecting on the presence and concentration of some enteric bacterial pathogens which have resulted in wastewater discharged from hospitals in Basra City.

Laboratory findings in water samples taken from selected three hospital sites indicated in that there are a significant increase in pathogens, so that it may lead to a serious bacterial contamination in the aquatic environment of Basra.