The Makassed Islamic Charitable Association announced, in a statement, that, “with reference to the problems and abuses that occurred yesterday, Friday, on the hospital campus, the hospital administration would like to clarify that two people (from the region’s youth) known to everyone, persistently, took a patient out by force.” Without paying the rest of the amount required of her, in full view of the medical and nursing staff, and resorting to assaulting the nurse on duty by beating, and threatening the nursing officer.These two people were not satisfied with that, but deliberately asked the two doctors on duty to immediately disconnect the devices from the patient, and withdraw the connected serum needle. The main artery in the neck of the hospitalized patient.
The statement added: “The patient was discharged from the hospital in a manner of defiance, force and provocation, accompanied by these two people, under the eyes of the medical and nursing staff on duty in the hospital, despite the attempt of the security personnel in charge of guarding the entrances to the hospital and affiliated with a private security company to confront these two people, but, unfortunately, they failed to prevent After the army intelligence force that came to the scene was able to arrest one of those involved in the incident, some of the friends of the attackers quickly gathered in front of the hospital campus, specifically near the main entrance of the hospital, shouting insults and insults, raising their voices. Soon, one of them deliberately opened fire towards the emergency entrance of the hospital, which caused severe material damage, causing an increase in the pace of chaos and panic at the emergency entrance and inside it.In front of this overwhelming chaos that occurred and this disregard, the medical and nursing team in the hospital emergency chose to leave the emergency department and withdraw to more places. Safe and secure.”
The association pointed out that “in the face of these incidents that are repeated, from time to time, and which openly attack Makassed Hospital and its employees, we can only raise our voice once again, calling on the Lebanese security and military forces to protect this institution, which has been striving hard to provide medical services.” We are dedicated to our people in Beirut and the neighboring provinces, with our full commitment to help our financially difficult patients, and we will spare no effort in pursuing the path of the purposes, despite all the difficult circumstances we are going through.”
Makassed Hospital affirmed that it “did not resort to restricting the freedom of any patient, previously, later, or present, in return for paying the sums owed to him, unless he was able and refrained,” considering that “these allegations and cheap nonsense will not discourage us from continuing our humanitarian and medical journey towards our patients, whom we consider to be among the most important.” The priorities of our work and the basics of our mission.At the same time, and in view of all of this, we are concerned that everyone knows that Maqasid is very keen on the zakat funds presented to it, which are spent on one of the legitimate banks for zakat, and from them in the hospital for the needy people.Those who donate it often want to be sure. Therefore, when we ask for a pledge to pay the balance, it is because we are required to do so before God and before the purveyors who help the needy and needy without others, and make sure of that before helping. In return for a sum of money, which they receive from patients who claim that they do not have enough to pay the balance they owe, promising to return to pay the rest, but sometimes they refuse any form of any pledge knowing that the prices of Makassed Hospital are the cheapest in the region, and are carefully studied, so that it can easily achieve its mission to its community. effortlessly and remain a haven for the needy.
And the Makassed statement concluded: “We finally warn that such actions will force the hospital to close as a result of its inability to pay dues to suppliers and workers, which leaves the entire region without a hospital to go to, followed, after that, by closing the schools of the Makassed Association in that area. We will not resort to it unless we reach a dead end.”
2023-08-26 18:24:00
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