Abou Faour Orders Probe into Infant's Death in Akkar

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour called on Monday for an "immediate investigation" into the death of a baby in the northern Akkar district after hospitals allegedly refused to admit him.

Abou Faour ordered the investigation with Rahhal and al-Youssef hospitals.

His decision came after Mounir al-Hawli filed a complaint with the Halba police station over the weekend, claiming several hospitals in the region did not admit his four-month-old son Abdul Raouf.

“Could the excuse that there is no place in the hospital be the cause of my son's death?” the man asked.

It was not clear what the baby was suffering from.

Abou Faour asked the father of the child to come to the ministry and give officials the information he has.

The minister stressed that he was committed to guaranteeing the citizens's rights to be hospitalized with dignity.

There have been several cases of deaths in Lebanon over the failure of hospitals to admit patients.