The Information Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement:
The Minister of Public Health decided to halt the circulation of AB Slim food supplement registered since 2012, in a precautionary step, based on the warning issued by the US Food and Drug Administration on 20/06/2018. The FDA recommends people not to buy this product as it contains Sibutramine which was withdrawn from the markets for health concerns, Phenolphthalein that may cause cancer and Sildenafil...

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public issued the following statement:
The Ministry of Public Health condemns the attack on the Chief of ER at Hotel Dieu Hospital Dr. Chady Sabbagh and considers the assault on the medical personnel and human facility as an offence against the image of Lebanon...

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:

Annahar newspaper published on 6 July 2018 an article entitled: “Is breast milk contaminated in Lebanon? Two studies show the toxins rates”. This article misrepresents facts and includes ambiguous information. The Ministry of Public health would like to note the following:...

The Information Office of Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement:
Some misleading and inaccurate news reports have been issued claiming a shortage of drugs for incurable diseases, in particular cancer drugs in MoPH Drug center- Quarantine. The Ministry of Public health confirms that there is no shortage of such drugs, as they are being constantly delivered. Delays in the delivery of some kinds of drugs for a few days happen from time to time and are due to the demand and availability of these drugs to suppliers...

The Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
After a media report publicized the incident of racial discrimination against a Sudanese kid who was rejected from a nursery on the complaint of some of the children’s parents, the Ministry of Public Health acted immediately to find the name and address of the nursery since it hasn’t received any formal complaint in this context. Therefore:
First: a written warning was addressed to the nursery for violating the most basic rights of human and children, including law No. 422/200 regarding the protection of children...

The Information office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued the following statement:
The Minister of Public Health Ghassan Hasbani and the Minister of Finance Ali Hassan Khalil signed a decree to allocate LBP 10 billion treasury loan...

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
 In a bid to eliminate some ambiguities, the Ministry of Public Health would like to reiterate its support to Tripoli’s hospitals where it increased the total financial ceiling of hospitalization, after it had set the financial ceiling of its hospitals according to a scientific equation that took into consideration many standards, although the Ministry’s budget hasn’t increased for 2018...

تجري وزارة الصحّة العامة – مديرية مختبرات الصحّة العامة، إمتحانات الكفاءة لطلاب إجازة ممارسة مهنة فني مخبري مجاز الحائزين على شهادات في العلوم المخبرية الصحيّة صادرة عن جامعة أو معهد فني خاص معترف به رسميّاً من الحكومة اللبنانية وذلك في تمام الساعة الرابعة عشر من يومي الخميس والجمعة الواقعين في 5 و 6 تموز 2018 في مستشفى رفيق الحريري الحكومي الجامعي.

 

The Information office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
As a follow-up to the cases reported in Kfarabida, District of Batroun, which were said to be communicable epidemics, causing panic among people, the MOPH National Committee for Communicable diseases presided by director General Dr. Walid Ammar held an emergency meeting and studied all the medical reports and analyses...

The Information office of the Ministry of Public health issued the following statement:
Kfarabida village in Batroun was in state of panic during the last 72 hours after an old man passed on and an old woman experienced the same symptoms, which led her to intensive care and sparked rumors.