The Information Office of the Ministry of Public Health issued the following statement:

An apartment of a Lebanese man posing as a doctor and performing cosmetic surgeries with the assistance of his wife in Zouk Mosbeh was raided as women were waiting there for surgeries.  Medical equipment was found in the apartment where the man was illegally performing surgeries.

The apartment has been sealed with red wax and the dossier has been forwarded to the competent judicial authorities.

The Ministry reminds the citizens of its readiness to respond to any inquiry or complaint by calling the hotline1214.