A nurse works at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon on July 23, 2021 (AFP)
Is the Ministry of Public Health a microcosm of Lebanon, or “Ali Baba’s cave” engaged in systematic plundering?This is the accusation that Hani Nassar, chairman of the Barbara Nassar Foundation for Cancer Patient support, an NGO that works on financial and moral support for cancer patients, leveled last week. He said — on behalf of his NGO — that a donation of Opdivo, a cancer treatment drug, made by Anera Foundation — which according to Health Minister Firas Abiad is worth around “$1 to $2 million” — disappeared from the ministry’s stockpile in two weeks. This is while, logically, the donated quantity should have been able to meet the demand for eight weeks, based on the number of prescriptions for these medications. Nassar told local media, “We all know that, in the Ministry of Public Health, there are parties that appointed their...
Is the Ministry of Public Health a microcosm of Lebanon, or “Ali Baba’s cave” engaged in systematic plundering?This is the accusation that Hani Nassar, chairman of the Barbara Nassar Foundation for Cancer Patient support, an NGO that works on financial and moral support for cancer patients, leveled last week. He said — on behalf of his NGO — that a donation of Opdivo, a cancer treatment drug, made by Anera Foundation — which according to Health Minister Firas Abiad is worth around “$1 to $2 million” — disappeared from the ministry’s stockpile in two weeks. This is while, logically, the donated quantity should have been able to meet the demand for eight weeks, based on the number of prescriptions for these medications. Nassar told local media, “We all know that, in the Ministry of Public Health, there are parties...
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