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More serious than just ‘the sniffles’

by Josh Wood

  Healthcare has long been a source of pride in Lebanon. Visitors from across the region come to its hospitals and clinics to go under the knife, be it for open-heart surgery or a nose job. Today, the sector represents between 3 to 4 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, taking in close to $1 billion annually, according to Sleiman Haroun, president of the Syndicate of Private Hospitals and the head of Zalka’s Haroun Hospital. It is an industry that employs 25,000 people, of which 5,000 are doctors. The World Health Organization’s 2010 World Health Report shows that Lebanon’s total spending on health decreased from 10.9 percent of gross domestic product in 2000 to 8.8 percent in 2007. Over those same years though, total per capita spending on health (taking purchasing price parity into account) jumped from $801 to $921 while government expenditure per capita went from $240 to

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