The “Lebanese debate” obtained a leaked telegram from the director general of internal security, major general Imad Othman, addressed to the head of the central administration and the department of health and medical centers.
The following telegram stated:
Pursuant to the order of the General Directorate of Al-Barqi – Administrative Affairs Division no. 61500 of 2-12-2022
Medical center managers are required to:
1- Keeping of a white register in which are recorded a progressive number and the name of each element or beneficiary of the treatment cost difference (elements and families) and the value of the cost difference that it is proposed to approve for collection at the Directorate General of the Administrative Affairs Division, with the progressive number shown on the documents that will be presented to the Administrative Affairs Division.
2- File without delay the documents certifying the payment of the shares due by the beneficiaries of the difference in expenses (hospital bills) processed to the General Management of the Administrative Affairs Division, on the last working day of each week according to the shipping regulation after comparing them with the register kept with you.
3- The heads of the medical centers must coordinate with the hospitals under their responsibility for the admission without delay of the patients of the security forces with commitments that comply with the rules, without prejudice to the right of the hospital to the differences which will be determined by the responsible doctor concerned center to be paid in cash from donor funds which have been secured through the Chief General Manager After performing the medical work with no other amounts required by the patients concerned.
4- Any violation of the content of this telegram of my order exposes the author to a disciplinary, criminal and legal claim.
5- My present telegraphic order must be considered as a document for the control of restrictions and must be executed from the date of its issue.
