House of Representatives speaker requests a survey of health needs
LIBYA – House of Representatives Speaker Salehin Abdulnabi has discussed the difficulties facing the health sector amid a shortage of resources and the delay in approving the budget, in a meeting at his office at the HoR’s Diwan headquarters with Dr Abdulsalam Aqeela, Undersecretary-General of the Ministry of Health in the Libyan Government.
Medicines, hospitals and staff salaries
The meeting reviewed the work of the committees formed to follow up on hospitals and urgent needs for medicines, medical supplies and treatment services, as well as the legislation needed to resolve some of the sector’s issues.
According to the HoR’s official website, the talks also covered the salaries of medical and paramedical staff, efforts to localise the pharmaceutical industry and the steps the ministry has taken in that direction.
Directive for a comprehensive needs survey
Abdulnabi directed that a comprehensive survey of the health sector’s needs be prepared and that suitable solutions be found for the existing obstacles, affirming his readiness to help overcome the difficulties facing the Libyan Government and the health sector so as to support the development of health services and improve the care provided to citizens.
