(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — The Lebanese Order of Physicians announced it was filing a complaint against Health Minister Wael Abu Faour, after the minister called for investigations into medical errors committed at Lebanese hospitals and medical clinics.
Antoine Boustany, head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians, said they would file an “urgent complaint” with the Shura council.
“Our intention is to disrupt the implementation of the minister’s decision,” he said.
Abu Faour criticized the Order of Physicians for failing to take disciplinary actions against doctors who committed medical mistakes. He called on the prosecutor general to investigate medical complaints, after the Order of Physicians failed to take action.
But Boustany says Abu Faour’s criticism is a deliberate attack on doctors and his actions are that of “arbitrary injustice.”
Boustany added that the latest complaint would be a “first step” and called on other doctors to “resort to more escalatory measures.”
Abu Faour has been called a ‘reformist’ after launching strict and comprehensive investigations into restaurants, hospitals, butcheries, factories, supermarkets, medical clinics, and other establishments.
On Wednesday, the minister warned that if food shops or factories that are ordered to shut down don’t comply with health ministry standards, security forces would raid their shop and force a shut down.