Deputy Prime Minister Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani held a press conference in his office at the Ministry of Public Health, Bir Hassan during which he tackled the organizational frames of beauty Centers and specialized hospitals.
He started by saying: “After the repetitive complaints received by the Ministry of Public Health on accidents and infringements occurring in the sector of Aesthetic Medicine, and as a result of what happened yesterday after the liposuction operation in a specialized hospital, we realized that it is our duty to inform you about the approach of the Ministry to the regulation of aesthetic sector and the actions taken and that being completed through regulatory actions."
 
Beauty Centers

He added: "The Ministry of Public Health followed up the work of the Parliamentary Health Commission for the regulation of Medical Beauty Centers licenses that resulted in the issuance of decision No. 30 of 10 February 2017, which was published in The Official gazette on February 16, 2017.  The Definition of Aesthetic Medicine, its centers and the medical work they are authorized to carry out are regulated by Law which has determined the medical specializations that have the right to hold a permission to practice the profession of Aesthetic medicine. According to the law, the existing Beauty Centers are given a 6 month period to regularize their legal situation as of the date of the publication of this law, i.e. 16 August 2017, under penalty of closing these centers by a decision of Health Minister.

Specialized Hospitals

Health Minister added that he has issued a regulatory decision for specialized hospitals related to the regulation of surgeries which stipulates the following:

Hasbani stressed that this decision will be immediately communicated to all concerned parties.

Death Case

Hasbani talked also about the recent tragic death of the woman who underwent a liposuction opertaion in a specialized hospital and said: “the Public Prosecution and the Syndicate of Physicians have launched investigations and the Ministry of Public Health has started to investigate and complete the files. The Committee of investigations will meet in the Ministry in order to consider the details of this case and provide consultancies to the Syndicate and Justice where needed.