Firas Abiad

Abiad: New Rates Approach Pre-2019 Levels

Caretaker Minister of Health, Firas Abiad, assured on Friday that the new Finance Law has made it possible to increase the rates of medical tariffs insured by the Ministry. “These tariffs are approaching 80% to 100% of those that prevailed before the economic and financial crisis (of 2019),” said the minister at a press conference, adding ...

Abiad: 5-Part Health Emergency Plan in Case of Escalation in the South

Caretaker Minister of Public Health Dr. Firas Abiad held a press meeting on Wednesday about the public health emergency plan and the Ministry's preparations in case of an escalation of Israeli attacks on south Lebanon or other Lebanese areas. Dr. Abiad explained that the Ministry of Public Health, despite its meager resources, launched the plan ...

76 Killed in This Week's Israeli Attacks

76 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Hezbollah this week. The Ministry of Public Health's Emergency Operations Center issued a further update on the death toll from the Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs yesterday, indicating that the number of victims had risen to thirty-seven. A few hours earlier, caretaker Minister of Public ...