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The Minister of Public Health of the interim government, Dr. Hamad Hassan, inaugurated the Corona section at the Barelias Hospital, which operates under the direction of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in the presence of the head of the Parliamentary Health Commission, Dr. Asim Araji, head of the Doctors Without Borders mission. In Lebanon, Julian Rikkman and medical staff.
On behalf of the Bekaa and the Lebanese community, the Health Minister thanked Doctors Without Borders for their initiatives, “after we made a quick decision between us after a meeting yesterday at the ministry, and this comes as a result of the spread of the epidemic in an increasing and rapid way “.
He said: “We have to face this epidemic seriously and decisively and be prepared for all possible scenarios. Today, through the MSF Hospital in Bar Elías, we secure 20 beds for patients with Corona epidemic, 15 beds for moderate cases and 5 beds for intensive care, this means that we open today in Central Bekaa is the possibility of receiving patients to relieve pressure on the capital and allow us an additional period of time to prepare, in cooperation with MSF, a department in the Hermel Government Hospital in light of the increasing number of injuries there, and also in cooperation with MSF, a center will also be prepared quarantine at the Hermel Government Hospital.
He added: “We know that the challenges are increasing within the plan, in permanent coordination and cooperation with the Parliamentary Health Committee, Dr. Assem Araji, and his accompaniment with the Health Committee, and today there is an additional challenge since we have injured in Roumieh prison there are many security forces and a very limited number of detainees, and for this we speak quickly at night. ” With His Excellency the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, the Minister of Defense and the Prime Minister’s State, we are working to secure two hospitals in the Bekaa and a hospital in the capital for prisoners and detainees, and we are working on a field center for according to a strict plan, and we are dealing with the high number of injuries responsibly and realistically. In return, they stand by us and are responsive and interactive, because the issue needs vigilance and reassurance to achieve the desired security. “
On the confusion over the PCR results in the Zahle government centers, he said: “The controversy has been settled, and the Lebanese community has become aware of tackling the PCR issue, and a group has been known to issue their results of CT between days 35 and 40, some laboratories consider this result positive, and some laboratories consider it necessary. Repeat the test at 48 hours, because the person may be infected and recovering, or may be newly infected and his injury is increasing, if required from the laboratories, when the result is between 35 and 40, wait to announce the results and reexamine at 48 hours, and this patient is under follow-up and scrutiny. But what is required of citizens is not to rush into skepticism and waste of effort, adhere to quarantine and not always throw arguments at the laboratories and the Ministry of Health, because society has a large part of the responsibility during the next period.
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In turn, Araji thanked the Minister of Health and the organization “Doctors Without Borders”, which “provides medical services to the land of Elías and the ocean without borders”, and said: “This building was built with our people in Bar Elias before the civil war, where they established an association and built this building to equip it as a hospital. It will be presented to the Ministry of Health, and is currently handed over to Doctors Without Borders, because this hospital is comparable to any hospital in Beirut, with the medical equipment and the valuable administration that it has, and the Corona section is important for the region, and those in charge of MSF know the value of the torture we face when we want to admit a patient. Infected with covid 19 in the region, the patients are distributed among Baalbek and Beirut, and we fear that infections will increase with the next autumn season and that we will not have equipped care rooms, because in case of an increase in infection is, the area will be in a critical situation. Public sterilization, social distancing and use of masks, and I wish everyone’s commitment because we are entering the school opening season and the fall semester, and with the opening of schools, we must adhere to the medical protocol that was developed in cooperation between the Ministries. of Health and Education, and trusts that the preventive instructions are applied effectively.
Rikkman
For his part, Rikkman indicated that “this hospital is equipped to respond to cases of the covid 19 epidemic”, thanking “the existing cooperation with the Ministry of Health.”
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