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The Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, identified the main axes and reformers of the strategy to be followed in the ministry, during a meeting he held at the headquarters of the Lebanese Pharmacists Union with Captain Ghassan Al-Amin and several members of the Council of Unions, and was a discussion on ways to ensure the resilience of the pharmaceutical sector and protect it from the consequences of difficult economic conditions. .
A good start for all Lebanese workers in all sectors. He said: “As a pharmacist and laboratory doctor, I greet all pharmacists on the surface of the nation, because pharmacists were facing the Corona epidemic, partner with the Ministry of Public Health and the first line of defense to help and support people, and the union has accompanied pharmacists with the directives and instructions issued by the Ministry of Public Health so that they can play their role. ” It is essential that they be the link between the ministry and the citizen. “
He added: “The health sector is an integrated link between the Ministry of Health and the various unions interested in the health sector to form an impenetrable dam against all diseases, especially epidemics, especially COVID-19” .
He noted that this meeting is an occasion to announce the strategy to be followed in the Ministry of Public Health, “so that health policy is compatible with economic reforms and plans within the government’s comprehensive reform program, especially because there are many laws , regulations and practices that require reconsideration and discussion to put matters in their proper legal quorum. ” The titles of this strategy are summarized, firstly, by improving the health security of the community so that the investment is made in the interest of the citizen and not in the health of the citizen, and this means preserving the rights of the content and developing services so that in the future the problems that occurred during the Corona crisis are not repeated in the future. R give up on insurance companies to carry out their duty to creditors. “
He continued: “Second, restructure the health bill, but it is not supposed to reduce the medical bill without rationalizing the hospital bill, since the Ministry of Public Health will work according to the capabilities to rationalize spending in the hospital sector notwithstanding the citizen’s right to obtain full medical care The Ministry of Health will work The public should stimulate investment in the health sector by encouraging the pharmaceutical industry, medical supplies and equipment, and patents have been registered for the Lebanese University and other universities, as the Lebanese have demonstrated their abilities and merits within the Corona Challenge, and have managed to turn weakness into strength, an investment in the medical and cosmetic tourism sector.
Third, he says, “sustainable development of applications and laws and the creation of departments and departments. In the Ministry of Health, for example, there is no interest in dentistry and dental implants, and there are no laws governing artificial insemination and such matters require laws and government. Therefore, the ministry will work to develop the existing systems and establish departments. ” And the creation of interests that imitate medical developments on more than one level, and fourth, the reactivation of the Central Health Council with the aim of creating a space for dialogue between unions and all related sectors under the motto of protecting the homeland each in his private sector, especially in the health and hospital sector.
Hassan concluded, stressing that “the next stage will be a phase of cooperation, coordination and consolidation of rights, within the regulations and laws in force.”
A speech by the Pharmacists Union thanked Hassan for his “continued efforts”, and welcomed the consultants, Dr. Riyad Fadlallah and Dr. Mahmoud Zalzali, “who are permanently coordinating with the union to organize the sector.” He said: “The pharmaceutical sector in Lebanon suffers, like other sectors, from the economic crisis, but the next stage seems more difficult. Therefore, the discussion in this open meeting with His Excellency the Minister, as he was responsible for the health sector, discussed ways to prevent the sector from collapse and bankruptcy to which various pharmacies. “
He announced that “an agreement was reached on various issues, including drug policy, so that the price of the drug is proportional to the citizen’s income without negatively affecting the royalty of the pharmacist who provides a decent life, in light of the reduction in the price of medicines, especially since the pharmacist is not responsible for importing and setting the price of the medicine. “
He emphasized “the need to apply the law to practice the profession of pharmacy on the basis that the diagnosis is for the doctor and to restrict the sale of all drugs to pharmacies only.” He noted that “the meetings will continue with the minister’s team to achieve the desired objectives.”
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