Lebanon’s healthcare on brink of collapse amid crisis, says minister
- Date: 20-Jan-2022
- Source: Ya Libnan
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Lebanon
Lebanon’s healthcare on brink of collapse amid crisis, says minister
By Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam, Maya Saad
BEIRUT, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s healthcare system is crumbling amid an economic crisis that has led to an exodus of thousands of doctors and nurses, forced private hospitals to close some departments and put further strains on the already stretched state sector.
“If this crisis goes on for long without solutions we will of course come closer to a great collapse,” Health Minister Firass Abiad told Reuters this week.