The Ministry of Public Health’s press office issued a statement this afternoon, in which it indicated that the Ministry is following up on the circumstances of the death of the child who was transferred twice in a row on the same day to Al-Minnieh Governmental Hospital. “Under the directives of Caretaker Minister of Public Health Firas Abiad, the Medical Care Directorate in the Ministry has launched the necessary investigation and will present its data to the concerened judiciary for necessary action,” the statement said. It is to note that the Public Prosecution Office in the North sent two forensic doctors to conduct the necessary examinations to draft a report detailing the child’s health condition that led to her death.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon