The Syndicate of Hospitals in Lebanon issued the following statement:
"State hospitals are suffering from a severe shortage of reagents and supplies that are necessary for conducting laboratory tests and diagnosing diseases, which forced many of them to stop conducting these tests for patients, they were also forced to reduce the number of admitted patients due to the aforementioned shortage.
Hospitals are also suffering from a severe shortage of dialysis supplies, which will force them to stop conducting the treatment as of next week if the supplies are not delivered to hospitals this week.
The shortage is the result of a dispute between the importers of said medical supplies and the Central Bank over subsidizing their purchase by 85% at the official exchange rate of the dollar (1,515 LBP). In this context, the hospitals announce that if they stop supporting these supplies, the suppliers will sell them to the hospitals at the dollar exchange rate in the unofficial market. This means that the tariff for these services will increase exponentially and that the patient will have to bear the differences in those prices, which will threaten the health of citizens, for not everyone can afford these additional expenses.
The Syndicate of Hospitals in Lebanon places this matter in the hands of those responsible for managing health, money, cash, among others in Lebanon, and it promises patients that it will make every possible effort to keep the cost of these and other services as minimal as possible, according to supplier bills. It also calls on those concerned to work to remedy the effects of these decisions and their negative repercussions on social security in general, hoping that this dilemma will be addressed in a manner that preserves the health and capabilities of patients."
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