Dr. Firas Al-Abyad, the Lebanese Business Government’s Minister of Health, stated that the cholera epidemic crisis in the nation is due to contracts of neglect and a failure to secure the basic services of the areas where the disease spread, noting that citizens are now paying a costly price as a result of this failure to secure these basic services, and emphasising that cholera was.
The current dilemma is to secure clean water for inhabitants and irrigation, not just health care, emphasising that it may be averted if the basic services sector and strong infrastructure are available.
During a visit to the governorates of Akkar and the Lebanese north today, while he was accompanied by officials of a number of international organisations, including the World Health Organization, “UNICEF,” and the UNHCR in Lebanon, he made remarks to him that confirmed this.
Al-Abyad expressed regret that the current crisis was brought on by the lack of this sector and emphasised that there is an urgent need to invest in this sector to prevent further crises in the future. Al-Abyad emphasised the necessity of dealing with this crisis as a warning of crises that can come in the future unless the proper investment in the basic services sector is made.
In addition to conducting a water examination in various regions, publishing awareness campaigns, and following up water tanks by the Red Cross, monitoring their work, cleaning and sterilising them in addition to providing homes with clean water, he added that the ministry has developed a plan of action and measures that will be taken to combat the spread of the epidemic.
He emphasised the need for finding solutions for water and health drainage so that the issue does not recur in order to convey that the current hot topic is protecting pure water.
The basic observation is a delay in diagnosis because the patient believes that his condition is a simple fatigue and does not go to the hospital except when he is in a drought, which poses a threat to his life, he continued. The ministry is looking into the possibility of setting up a field hospital in the Benin area (in the country’s north).
He stressed that the pollution of crops that are narrated with sewage water, in which cholera has been proven difficult to sterilize, and this leads to a rapid increase in patients in the government hospital.
In order to ensure the electrical coverage of the water pumping stations and the delivery of sterile water to all people, the Minister of Health addressed a letter to the Electricity of Lebanon.
Additionally, the Lebanese Minister of Health pledged that hospital staff will receive the first dose of the cholera vaccine.
The cholera problem is due to contracts of negligence, according to the health minister of Lebanon.
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