Lebanon: People Donate $16 Million to Combat COVID-19

Lebanon: People Donate $16 Million to Combat COVID-19

The donations came a day before Human Rights Watch released a statement saying Lebanon's financial crisis has resulted in a scarcity of medical supplies needed to tackle the outbreak.. The Lebanese government is obligated to ensure everyone's right to health, including access to essential medical care and treatment of disease," it said.. HRW quoted a source at the public Rafik Hariri University Hospital (RHUH) in Beirut, the leading COVID-19 testing and treatment center in the country, as saying that the government has paid only 40 percent of the dues it owes the hospital from 2019 and has made no payments for 2020..