On Saturday, Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid Dbaiba, called for a meeting at the Health Bureau to think professionally about raising the salaries of workers in the sector according to viable scenarios.
In an expanded meeting, Dbaiba also stressed the need to pay attention to medical cadres working in all health institutions in terms of settling the salaries of some of them who have not received them for years. The meeting was attended by Health Minister, Ali Al-Zanati, and Directors of medical centres and departments in the Ministry.
The Libyan Prime Minister highlighted the need for the unification of efforts to provide basic health services. He called for the establishment of the necessary controls to determine the relationship between medical centres and public hospitals located in the same geographical area.
Dbaiba praised the efforts of the medical and auxiliary medical personnel that worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the lack of available resources.
Earlier, Dbaiba participated in the first conference of the Federation of Libyan Clinics under the slogan “private clinics between the present and the future.”
He added that the presence of a strong and organized private sector in various fields is important. He indicated that such a sector would also help hospitals and public clinics in dealing with the large number of patients, especially during health crises such as the COVID-19 crisis.
The Prime Minister stressed the need for real partnership between the public and private sectors in the health field and to develop an effective vision for the health insurance project.
He also stressed the activation of the banking sector in supporting the private health sector through investment after the classification of clinics by the Ministry of Health.
The Prime Minister called for the development of the private health sector and access to high levels of quality, “so that it can provide our needs for health services in a way that prevents us from spending millions of dollars on treatment abroad.”