Lebanese gov't solves hospitals' shortage in funds issue

Source: Xinhua| 2019-11-16 01:20:33|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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BEIRUT, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's finance ministry announced on Friday that it has transferred all the dues of private and public hospitals in Lebanon to their bank accounts to put an end to their shortage in funds.

Syndicate of Private Hospitals President Suleiman Haroun announced on several occasions that Lebanese private hospitals will not be capable of receiving patients due to their shortage in cash which resulted in a lack of the needed materials, the National News Agency reported.

Also, all private and public hospitals implemented a sit-in on Friday to urge Lebanese officials to end this problem which may have otherwise resulted in the death of a number of patients with chronic diseases.

Haroun had previously announced that private hospitals in Lebanon are suffering from a severe yearly deficit amounting to 70 billion Lebanese pounds (46.4 million U.S. dollars).

The hospitals owed around 1.3 billion dollars in total to the government, the National Social Security Fund and military health funds.

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