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 The FDA recommends people not to buy this product as it contains Sibutramine which was withdrawn from the markets for health concerns, Phenolphthalein that may cause cancer and Sildenafil...

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received a delegation from the administrative inspectors headed by the general administrative inspector to brief him on the plan of the general administrative inspectorate. This plan aims at studying the regulatory matters of the government hospitals and the compliance of the public institutions with the implementation of the rules and regulations governing the same and conducting a comprehensive survey of them to regulate their work and enhance the performance of their staff for a period of two months.

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani met this morning at his office in Bir Hassan with the Japanese Ambassador H.E. Matahiro Yamaguchi to celebrate the completion of the project of USD 4.289.000 Japanese grant aimed at improving 14 government hospitals in Lebanon; in Beirut: Rafic Hariri University Hospital, In Mount-Lebanon: Siblin, Shahar Gharbi, Daher El Bachek and Bouwar, North Lebanon: El Qoubbeh, Halba, and Sir Danniyeh, Beqaa: Zahleh, Baalbeck, Hermel and Rachaya and in South Lebanon: Marjaoun and Hasbaya...

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received the founding committee of the government hospital workers and the head of the General Confederation of the Lebanese Workers Bechara Al-Asmar, in the presence of chairmen of the board of directors, directors of government hospitals and the head of the Supervision Department of these hospitals Antoine Romanos. The delegation thanked Hasbani for his major role in the issuance of the salary scale decree related to the government hospital workers...

The Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai received today at Bkerki caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani who discussed with Rai the current developments in the country.

The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:
Some media and politicians have been circulating false information concerning the shortage of tetanus injections.
The Ministry of Public Health confirms that this is not true;...

Under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, Bellevue Medical Center held a press conference to announce the first successful uterus transplant in Lebanon, the Middle East and North Africa. The conference was attended by the medical Director and Vice president of the Medical Affairs at the hospital Professor Ghassan Maalouf, the Executive Director Nayef Maalouf, the head of Private Hospital Syndicate Sleiman Haroun, hospital officials, physicians and concerned persons...

After he presented the two reports of ESCWA and Lebanon on the SDGs, Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held meetings with UN officials, foremost among them Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed on the margins of the High Level Political forum. The meetings discussed the opportunities and challenges for Lebanon to achieve sustainable economic and social development to achieve the UN goals for 2030...

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...

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani presented the voluntary national report on sustainable development, as he led the Lebanese delegation after coordinating the efforts of ministries, the civil society and the private sector to end up with an integrated report within the framework of the National Committee on Sustainable Development 2030 chaired by Prime Minister Saad El-Hariri and managed by Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani...

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani delivered the ESCWA statement at the UN high-level political forum held in New York on 2030 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. The statement noted the findings of the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2018 held in Beirut last April and chaired by Lebanon under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad El-Hariri...

Lebanon is considered among the world countries that have made the most significant progress in PHC delivery and quality. This was shown by the global study published last May in the medical journal “The lancet” under the title: “Measuring performance on the healthcare access and quality index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations”. The study was conducted by experts from around the world, including experts from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington...