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Hassan, accompanied by Archbishop Darwish and the audience, toured the first floor, which the hospital administration intends to assign to treat Corona patients.
Darwish had a welcoming speech with praise, in which he said: “Today in Zahle we are very happy and in particular in Tal Shiha Hospital to receive the beloved Minister of Public Health and friend Dr. Hamad Hassan. This visit comes in a moment holy, the time of the Prophet’s birthday, so I go through you to the minister and the Muslim and Christian brothers give fraternal greetings on this blessed holiday, and I wish that all Lebanese come out together from our economic crises and the coronavirus crisis “.
In turn, Hamad thanked Bishop Darwish for the reception, and gave a speech addressing the health situation in the Corona pandemic, saying: “I send my sincere greetings to Bishop Essam Youhanna Darwish and the administrative team and staff. medical, nursing and logistician of the Tal Shiha Hospital, this ancient building that has always been a refuge and refuge. To any cry of health. “
He continued: “Today we held a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health and made financial, in-kind and logistical disclosures of all the donations that were made and how to distribute them to government hospitals in basic form and to private hospitals as possible. . I return and confirm, we are together as a hand, the public health sector and the private health sector after our arrival. To the red zone and we crossed the red line. This generous gesture should circulate to all private hospitals in all Lebanese regions, and their message, God willing, has arrived. “
In response to a question about the possibility of shutting down the country after a record and large increase in the number of people infected with the Coronavirus, Hassan said: “Usually the Ministry of Health makes a scientific recommendation to the National Corona Committee. Yesterday I communicated with Prime Minister Hassan Diab, the government situation today is unstable and therefore The closure decision is the decision of all the ministries in which they have responsibility (the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Social Affairs …..) how to support and protect citizens, how people face difficult circumstances with a general closure, so as a permanent recommendation of the Ministry of Public Health, the closure should be made, But even with the closing part, we hope that the decision is serious and not only informative, this offends us and the morale of the public ”.
Regarding the decision to open schools amid the increase in the number of injuries with the registration of injuries in them, and the role of the Ministry of Health in monitoring schools, Hassan said: “When there are certain injuries, we take the number of contacts and we trace their contact with people, and I think there is a lot of interpretation, weighting, interpretation and analysis, There is a recommendation from the World Health Organization and UNICEF that children should go to school, but this issue continues Needing scientific evidence so that we have the courage to call for additional steps to be completed or taken to protect generations.
