Doctors, hospitals in crisis-hit Lebanon go on 2-day strike
Source: AP
BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of doctors, nurses and medical personnel rallied Thursday outside the Central Bank in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after declaring a two-day general strike to protest rapidly deteriorating economic conditions.
The strike was declared by two medical professionals’ unions — The Syndicates of Doctors in Beirut and the North and the Syndicate of Private Hospital Owners — which say they could no longer put up with Central Bank policies that have allowed banks to impose random capital controls and other restrictions.
During the strike, which ends Friday, only emergency cases and dialysis patients would be admitted to hospitals, the unions said.
Lebanon’s medical sector, which up until few years ago was among the best in the Middle East, is on the brink of collapse, barely surviving the country’s unprecedented economic and financial meltdown.
A medical worker holds an Arabic placard that reads: "No to doctors emigration, we cannot continue like this," as she protests with doctors the deteriorating economic conditions, outside the Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 26, 2022. The syndicates of doctors in Beirut and the North as well as the Syndicate of Private Hospital Owners declared a two-day general strike Thursday and Friday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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