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In a statement he made, Hassan described the meeting as “extraordinary, especially since the meeting had the keys to a solution at all levels”, and stressed that “it will not issue warnings at this stage, but will make quick decisions to close for a period of no less than one week for those who commit violations. “
Hassan announced the start of inspection campaigns in companies, warehouses and pharmacies, and made the decision to close two pharmacies: the first bought a number of kits to treat cancer at a subsidized price and sold them abroad, and the second bought 120 boxes of serum and sold them in bulk, and this is prohibited because according to law the vaccine must be sold to the public.
At the meeting, he stressed that “pharmaceutical inspection and union inspection are there to face any defect that occurs in the chain of distribution and sale of medicines, and the cover will be removed from any party that hinders the intentions to achieve what that we meet “, hoping” progress in a short time and painful decisions in the law of offenders.
Hassan pointed out what was revealed in recent hours about a truck loaded with a large quantity of vaccines and covered in shadows, with the aim of transporting them from Beirut abroad.
He said: “This reality prompts us to speak of the existence of a conspiracy. We hear the cry of the pharmacist on the one hand, but we also see on the other hand and in Umm al-Ayn how some of the weak participate, directly or indirectly, in the In such circumstances, the citizen becomes a responsible partner so that since it is his duty to report when he sees that large quantities of drugs arrive at pharmacies and flee at night, knowing that the security services are grateful in advance for what they are doing and will participate in stopping smuggling across land, sea and air borders, and activating the monitoring of the movement of drug transport from warehouses and stores.
Hassan reiterated, “his refusal to lift the drug price subsidy because the minimum wage is set on the basis of the official dollar price.” He warned of the following:
First: Bad application of the decision taken by the Ministry of Public Health to encourage Lebanese pharmaceutical industries and allow their export, highlighting that the basic condition for this is to ensure the need for the Lebanese market. Otherwise, an imbalance occurs that must be stopped. He said: “We support the Lebanese factories to ensure the needs of the Lebanese market. As for the subsidy to be transformed to benefit from the export and exit the domestic market, then we will be against these factories.”
Second: Minister Hassan turned to the Union of Importers and Warehouse Owners, refusing to differentiate between the Lebanese governorates, so that pharmacies in certain regions obtain abundant quantities of medicines without others meeting their needs. And he highlighted the need for an equitable distribution of the quantities of drugs in the market, which are supported by the governance of the Central Bank.
Third: Refusing to store drugs in warehouses to benefit from the high price by increasing subsidies. Minister Hassan emphasized that the lifting of the subsidies will not take place, as no political, religious or union forces will accept it, and it is likely that no one will withdraw support. On the other hand, stakeholders are required to realize the magnitude of the financial crisis and the remaining stock of foreign exchange, so that they are concerned about the arrival of the drug to specific recipients. In this context, he stressed that the quantities of medicines stored at subsidized prices should be distributed to people at subsidized prices.
It was an intervention by the Union of Pharmacists, Ghassan Al-Amin, in which he said that “he learned from his acquaintances in Iraq that there are seventeen pharmacies selling Lebanese medicines. Also, one of the pharmacists who came from Syria there spoke about Lebanese medicines there. He continued that the problem of smuggling must be solved, emphasizing that with the cover removed from any pharmacist who violates the issue because the issue is national and cannot be neglected.
Al-Amin stated: “The percentage of imported drugs this year is the same size as the amount that was imported last year. Therefore, it is assumed that there will be no drug crisis and smuggling must be dealt with and not accumulated. medications, but by receiving them as needed. “
