However , a senior official in the Iraq Health Ministry 's inspector general 's office cast doubt on the findings , saying 151,000 was far too high .
The numbers cited by the study were much larger than figures tracked by the ministry .
However , a senior official in the Iraq Health Ministry 's inspector general 's office cast doubt on the findings , saying 151,000 was far too high because the numbers cited by the study were much larger than figures tracked by the ministry .