“For the money we pour into the system we should have better results” - Farid el-Khazen
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Farid el-Khazen Member of Parliament The voluntary [National Social Security Fund] is a scandal. The scheme has been discontinued and yet the fund has not [told members], so people still pay their annual fees. This is unacceptable — someone should put an end to it. The NSSF has all the ills a bureaucratic administration can have. There is no control, no supervision or coordination [in the health sector], all of which should be taken care of by the government. For the money we pour into the system we should have better results. Tony Zreik Physician, University Medical Center Rizk Hospital (UMC-RH) Health tourism is currently not organized, and it must be if you want to make it viable. You can do a lot if you are an individual hospital but ultimately it comes to nothing if it is not a nationwide policy and vision. Every hospital wants to attract patients
