Health deplores death of two paramedics and damage to government hospitals in Tibnin and Baalbek

The Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement that “Tebnin Government Hospital was severely damaged, as a result of Israeli enemy raids launched near the hospital, which resulted in seven people being injured inside the hospital and three others outside the hospital, in a repetition of the attacks carried out by the post since the beginning of its attack against Lebanon, which violates the laws that require the protection of health facilities , renovated near the Baalbek Government Hospital, which was overcrowded. in an additional attack on ambulance crews, the enemy of Israel targeted a location for the Islamic Health Authority – Civil Defense in Al-Bazouriyah, which resulted in the death of two paratroopers.

The statement confirmed that the ambulance teams and the medical, nursing and administrative teams in government and private hospitals, including the government hospitals of Tibnin and Baalbek, have confirmed during the last phase to the main role of health workers and health facilities is in standing with the people forward. the front lines, where work continues around the clock to rescue the wounded, receive them and secure their treatment. Regarding the Tibnin Hospital, which was badly damaged, the Ministry is currently fully assessing its situation before making a decision to keep it open, with the main concern being the safety of hospital staff, noting that the number of people who received treatment in this hospital is 1,458 injured since the attack started last October until now.

The statement pointed out that “the Ministry of Public Health, in the midst of a series of attacks and the increase with unprecedented violence, confirms the full responsibility of the enemy in violating the norms and laws between -national and humanitarian, surprising the suspicious silence that has been undertaken. the international community in relation to such humanitarian violations that make healing wounds and the natural human right to treatment full of risks.”