MSF started working in Mosul in late 2016, when hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the fighting in the city.
In June 2017, MSF opened a hospital in west Mosul to urgently provide saving assistance to the war-wounded escaping heavy fighting in the Old City. In 2018, MSF hospital in Nablus increased the volume of its medical services after it shifted from trauma care to comprehensive maternity with surgical capacity for C-Sections, paediatric healthcare (including neonatology), while the emergency management and the stabilization of patients continued to be provided in the emergency room. In addition, mental health services were implemented since March 2018.
In 2018, more than 34,500 emergency consultations were provided in the ER, more than 7,500 deliveries were assisted and more than 2,000 children were admitted to the paediatric ward.