Under the sponsorship and presence of His Eminence Sheikh Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community Sheikh Naim Hassan, and with the support of the President of the Democratic Gathering MP Walid Jumblatt, the Druze Community House in Verdun announced the launch of two health projects starting from establishing an ambulance specialized in the intensive care unit and the reception of patients from the Druze Unitarian community in Rafik Hariri University Hospital at the expenses of the Ministry of Health as the Social Committee in the confessional council shall be charged of the bill of hospitalization variances. These services are considered as a part of a health and social project for the regions prepared and organized by the Social Committee of the Council, in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Rafik Hariri University Hospital and Al-Hassan Association. This launching event was attended by His Eminence Sheikh Akl in the presence of the head of the committees in the confessional council, the council's director general Mazen Fayad, the director general of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Randa Abu Hamdan, the director of Rafic Hariri University Hospital Dr. Wassim Al-Wazzan, and a gathering of personalities, actors, doctors, social affairs officials, and Al-Hassan Association.
His Eminence Sheikh Akl Sheikh Naim Hassan has first delivered a speech in which he praised the completion of the two health projects in order to serve the sons of the Druze community in all Lebanese regions. He said, “The Druze Unitarian Community has a bright history in the nation through their leaders, men, sheikhs and fathers.” He expressed his thanks and appreciation to the national leader Walid Jumblatt and to all those who contributed to the implementation of the law to organize the affairs of the Druze Unitarian Community, in order to launch the work that the Council must do towards the sons of the community.
His Eminence expressed his appreciation for the initiative of "bestowal given with good deeds and generosity” especially to the Hospital of the late President Rafic Hariri and the Ministry of Social Affairs; noting that we all know, these days, the meaning of the sacrifice and favor performed by the good doer consciously to the needs of the society, that would contribute to healing the reality of daily crises. However, I put any good initiative in the rank of Zakat, where God the Almighty wanted to worship the purity of his worshipers’ money, their hearts’ intentions, and their roots’ blessed ammunition for those who plant the work of righteousness, shall harvest the welfare of success; especially if these work were dedicated to relief the injured, to help the sorrowful and to rescue the distressed. I ask God to bless your aims and inspire everyone to follow every good deed to preserve our society and to protect our country. We look forward to the government’s performance of its duties towards the citizens, which will relieve many of the social institutions.
The head of the social committee in the confessional council, retired Brigadier General Issam Abu Zaki, stressed the importance of launching these two health projects, which are considered as a model of cooperation between the official institutions represented by the projects in the Rafik Hariri University Hospital and the Ministry of Social Affairs; stressing as well the work as a social committee in the confessional council to crystallize this cooperation in other projects in which the services of the Council are integrated within the services of the official institutions and in addition to the bids of good people to produce social, health and educational contributions dedicated to the citizens without any waste of energy.
At the end of the event, the ambulance was released and a general explanation about its intern equipment was held.