The death of a one-year-old Lebanese child, who was refused treatment by hospitals, sparked outrage in the Lebanese street and on social media platforms.
The story began when the condition of the Lebanese child, Asaad Mustafa Ezz El-Din, deteriorated, so his father, who works in the military in the security forces, rushed to Auda Hospital in Arsal to treat his sick son.
But the hospital for maternity affairs, according to the newspaper, "Al-Nahar", quoted the child's family, "has limited equipment that did not enable him to rescue his son."
According to the newspaper, "due to the child's deteriorating condition, his father transferred him to Dar Al-Amal University Hospital, where he was received in the emergency room only, without entering the neonatal intensive care room, although he was facing difficulty, and the hospital insisted that there was no bed in the care room." .
The newspaper added that "the father's attempts to save his son by paying sums of money did not succeed, and the child lost consciousness amid the impossibility of securing a care bed, forcing him to transfer his child to Baalbek Governmental Hospital, which told him that the appropriate equipment was not available, and then he moved to Rayak General Hospital, and the child Ezz died. debt before it reaches it.
The issue of the death of the child, Asaad, topped the discussion of activists and bloggers in Lebanon, amid strong condemnation and anger, and widespread dissatisfaction with the situation experienced by medical institutions and hospitals in the country.
What is not paid.. What is a room and its fate is death!!
The child Asaad Mustafa Ezz El-Din died, after the hospital in the Bekaa refused to admit him due to the lack of a vacant place. It is reported that the child suffers from severe diarrhea and has symptoms of cholera đ€đ€ pic.twitter.com/QFTy7VYTT2
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Lebanese activist Souad Gharios quoted the mother of the deceased child as saying, "Yesterday I lost my son, who is completing his first year after a week. I am from the town of Arsal, my son had a high temperature and diarrhea. Arsal Hospital transferred us to Dar Al-Amal University Hospital. We stood in emergency like dogs and my son died in my hands." "No one cared about us and they told me there was no room. My son died."
Yesterday I lost my son, who after a week will be a year old!!!!!
I am from the security forces from the town of Arsal,
my son has a fever and has diarrhea,
they transferred us from Arsal to care at Dar Al-Amal University Hospital, and
we stood in the emergency like dogs and my cousin died in our hands!!!
And they never cared, and they told me that they don't have a room for
my son who died pic.twitter.com/UJ2z2dRA0c
â Souad E. Gharios (@souad_gharios) November 3, 2022
Some believed that Souad was the mother of the deceased child, which prompted her to tweet again, saying, "Your condolences to the child Asaad Ezz El-Din, son of Mustafa Ezz El-Din Al-Askari in the security forces, who ran from hospital to hospital to save his son. Thank you for your love. But some comments understood that he is my son. No, he is Not my son, but every child I know who dies is my son. I followed this case with love, thank you everyone for the love and solidarity."
Your condolences to the child of Asaad Ezz El-Din , the
son of Mustafa Ezz El-Din, a soldier in the security forces.
Who ran from hospital to hospital to rule his son.
Thank you for your love.
But from some of the comments, it was clear that you understood my son.
No, not my son, but every child is my son. He dies a hundred deaths, but I know.
But this is the case, I followed it with love.
Thank you to everyone for the love and solidarity https://t.co/MdwkzvD6ol
â Souad E. Gharios (@souad_gharios) November 3, 2022
The communication platforms in Lebanon witnessed widespread sympathy for the family of the deceased child, and others expressed their resentment and anger at the state of neglect and deterioration that hospitals in Lebanon had reached, and their inability to provide a bed for a child who needed treatment and left him to die quickly.
The Lebanese singer, Abu Ali, was angry at the hospital, which refused to receive Asaad in Baalbek "because of his family's inability to pay the treatment insurance."
The death of the one-year-old child, Asaad Mustafa Ezz El-Din, after a hospital in Baalbek refused to admit him due to the lack of insurance for treatment costs.
Oh defect of tattoo
â Abo ali (@Alaa52326768) November 3, 2022
One of the bloggers expressed his deep sadness in a tweet denouncing, "The hospital will deny and the Minister of Health will say that any hospital that refuses to receive a patient will be punished. The same money for years today and the poor are the victims who unfortunately die."
Now it will be as follows: The hospital will deny and the Minister of Health will say which hospital refuses to receive a patient, the same money will be incurred for years now and the family will be blamed for the ones that will unfortunately go https://t.co/sU2lYhWlsg
â mustapha (@von_nix_85) November 3, 2022
While another commented, "You can imagine that this news passes normally."
Can you imagine such a normal news? #Ya_Mahalla_Al-Mazraa https://t.co/sz9EYlOhDp
â ali (@alikhochman12) November 3, 2022
Blogger Rola Talj wrote on her Twitter account, "A new victim of the gangs controlling us."
A new victim of the mafia who control us #Lebanon_governed by_thieves_and their followers_stupid
â roula talj (@gemina1) November 3, 2022
And local media in Lebanon said that the Directorate of Medical Care at the Ministry of Health had begun to open an investigation into the death of the child, Asaad Ezz El-Din, in a hospital in the Bekaa.