BEIRUT, Mar 31 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, on Monday, referred to the Court of Cassation’s Prosecutor General’s office, the dossier of deceased Syrian patient, 40-year-old Majida Zoueir, who sought, on Mar 17, several hospitals in North Lebanon to receive treatment for serious illness, but was unfortunately denied this service by all.
Hassan stressed that, failure to assist an endangered patient was a crime, stipulated by the criminal law and the law of exercising the medical profession.
He called for an investigation, and the imposition of a maximum sentence against those who neglected this patient, leading to her death.– NNN-NNA
