The media office of the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement, “The Minister of Health, Firas Al-Abyad, issued a decision to increase the tariff for a dialysis session for patients being treated at the expense of the ministry. The new tariff for the hospital for each treatment session was set at one million Lebanese pounds, and for the doctor at two hundred thousand. The effects of the decision began to be implemented in The beginning of the current month of April was sensitive to the difficult economic and living conditions.”
The statement stated that “the medical supplies for treatment are fully supported,” adding that “loading the patient with additional burdens will lead to taking immediate appropriate legal measures.”
