Iraqi man dies on live TV while calling out poor health care services

This elderly Iraqi man collapsed and died of a heart attack on live TV at a Baghdad hospital – while complaining about the country’s health services, according to a report.

The unidentified man was at the Al Yarmouk Hospital, where he was appearing last week on an episode of “People & People” on private TV station Alsumaria, according to Gulf News.

Directing his ire toward the TV host, a medical doctor, the man railed, “How can I be quiet?”

“The people are suffering,” he added, as he assailed the county’s bureaucracy, the news site reported.

Before slumping in the doctor’s arms, the man assailed Iraq’s rulers.

“Take us out of the streets (protests), let the government review themselves. I came here for a checkup and saw all this suffering. People are tired, officials put God in front of your eyes and fear him…,” he said, trailing off.

The hospital said the man was there to seek medical help for an unspecified problem he suffered after authorities removed him from his store.

“The man tried to convey his suffering to officials through the TV. Minutes later, he collapsed and suffered a heart attack that led to his immediate death,” the hospital said in a statement.

“He was not checked by any doctor before his talk to the TV station,” it added.