Health Ministry Anti-Corruption Campaign Shuts Beauty Clinic, Daycares

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour ordered on Friday the closure of a beauty institution, a clinic and several daycars across Lebanon for not meeting the required health standards.

Health inspectors forced the shutting down of Silkor Center in Beirut's Furn al-Shubbak area for not having a permit and for failing to meet the necessary health regulations.

The clinic reportedly doesn't have a specialized doctor, who should be supervising the laser equipment at the clinic. It was also the cause of facial burns and distortion to Ali Hammoud Ibrahim, who had filed a complaint against the institution.

The minister also ordered Hermel-Baalbek Governor Bashir Khodr to close blood drawing labs, which belongs to Doctor Imad H.Aa. in Baalbek's Barbara area for violating the followed standards.

The measures come amid an unprecedented health safety campaign launched by Abou Faour around four months ago, which has so far involved restaurants, factories, farms, slaughterhouses and even the wheat silos at Beirut's port and the sugar depots at Tripoli's port.

Meanwhile, the health ministry inspectors closed three daycars in the Shouf area - Kids Corner, Mom's Care and Coccinelle- for not obtaining the necessary permit to work.

In March, Abou Faour signed a decree ordering the immediate closure of all unlicensed daycares in Lebanon after recording several child deaths at such facilities in the country in recent months.

He revealed that there are around 300 daycares in the country, 205 of which were unlicensed.

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