Swiss Ambassador hands Health Minister pediatric service of Beirut Governmental Hospital – Quarantine

Swiss Ambassador hands Health Minister pediatric service of Beirut Governmental Hospital – Quarantine

NNA - The pediatric service of Beirut Governmental Hospital Quarantine, destroyed by the 4th August explosion in Beirut, was reconstructed by Switzerland. On Wednesday 28th April 2021, the pediatric service was handed over to HE the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hasan, by HE Monika Schmutz Kirgöz, Ambassador of Switzerland in Lebanon, in the presence of representatives of the hospital administration, the Ministry of Public Health, Deputy Special Coordinator of the United Nations in Lebanon, Mrs. Najat Rushdi, the Embassy of Switzerland, and the media.

In her address, Rushdi highlighted the fact that the Governmental Hospital Quarantine treated approximately a thousand children annually from the most vulnerable social and economic stratum, including Lebanese nationals, refugees of various nationalities, and internally displaced persons.