Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani headed today to New York where he will chair the official delegation and present the first report on Lebanon status as to Sustainable development goals for 2030 before the UN high-level political Forum. On the first day, the report of the ESCWA region will also be presented.

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:...

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani met with a delegation from the Lebanese Syndicate of medical Laboratories owners headed by Christian Haddad and discussed with them the matters of the sector and the increasing problems, in particular with the growing number of dispensaries that conduct laboratory tests without meeting the required conditions for laboratories, which may have negative impact on the accuracy of tests and the patients’ health...

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani received in his office at the Ministry MP Dr. Fadi Saad and the secretary of “the strong republic” coalition Dr. Fadi Karam who presided over a delegation of environmental activists and municipality councils from Tripoli, Koura and Batroun. The issue of pollution due to waste dumps and cement plants in the region and their health impacts on citizens caused by non-treatment were discussed during the meeting...

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 Lebanese Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with WHO-Lebanon office conducted a one day training over 3 days on June 27, 28 and 29 2018 on the new Lebanon Clinical Trials Registry (LBCTR)...

صدر عن المكتب الاعلامي لنائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء وزير الصحة غسان حاصباني البيان الاتي:
شهد امس الاحد اعتداءين بالضرب على الجسم الطبي في قسم العناية الفائقة في مستشفى القديس جاورجيوس الجامعي – الروم في الاشرفية وفي قسم الطوارئ مستشفى "يونيفيرسل" في رأس بعلبك...

UCMAS’s exclusive agent PLC organized the fifth national competition for the students enrolled in UCMAS educational program designed to develop the mental power of children under the patronage and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani at the UNESCO Palace, Beirut...

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani launched this evening an awareness campaign entitled “Lebanon without drugs or addiction” in a bid to encourage all those suffering from the impact of drugs and addiction to overcome them and seek treatment. The campaign aimed also at calling all the families and friends to help victims of drugs and ask support from experts to provide the required treatment.

NNA- Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani, the member of the “Strong Republic” coalition MP Georges Adwan and the president of Damour Municipality Charles Ghafri laid this afternoon the foundation stone for Damour Medical Center DMC where it will be established on the eastern part of the village, next to Damour Official High School...

NNA- The Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon, HE Elias Audi received caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani who said after the visit: “my meeting with HE was friendly as usual. We discussed many subjects, the most important of which the health care sector in Lebanon. I have explained to HE the equation we have used to set the hospital’s financial ceilings in an equitable way within the available budget.”...

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani inaugurated the Advanced Division at the Radiotherapy Department of Mount-Lebanon Hospital where the modern TRUEBEAM machine will operate...

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani chaired at the Grand Serail the meeting of the National Committee for sustainable development that includes all the line ministries, after finalizing the first Voluntary National Review report for Lebanon to be submitted to the High Level Political Forum – HLPF in New York...