The media office of the Minister of Health, Firas Al-Abyad, reiterated, in a statement today, that “there is no intention to lift the subsidy for cancer drugs, and it is keen on the absolute denial of all news circulated on social media about lifting this subsidy.”
He said: “Minister Dr. Firas Al-Abyad clarified a few days ago, the procedure that is being adopted to provide the largest possible amount of subsidized drugs. The Ministry of Public Health, in consultation with the scientific societies for oncology, sought to identify the two cheapest drugs from among the group that contains the combination. This classification preserves the patient’s medication with the required effective formula and guaranteed quality on the one hand, and on the other hand, ensures the maximum benefit from the support funds to purchase the largest quantity of medicines.This is how the Ministry ensures access to Support for the patient, not the merchant.
He concluded: “Despite all this, the Ministry of Public Health receives complaints about a number of hospitals and cancer treatment centers requesting imaginary and unjustified financial differences for the costs of treating cancer patients. The Ministry, which regrets that the crisis that Lebanon is witnessing and which is severely reflected on the sick and vulnerable are not only financial but also moral in a degree First, it will not hesitate to take the maximum legal and punitive measures against hospitals, treatment centers and anyone who seeks to exploit the crisis to obtain illegal profits.