The Health Committee of the House of Representatives condemned the worsening suffering of patients in Libya and the lack of justice in receiving treatment, considering that healthcare has transformed from a humanitarian duty into a privilege granted through favoritism and connections.
In an official statement, the committee called on the Public Prosecution and regulatory authorities to open an urgent and comprehensive investigation into the administrative, financial, and humanitarian violations within the agencies responsible for providing treatment, foremost among them the Therapeutic Services Development Agency, and to hold accountable anyone who caused the loss of patients’ lives or deepened their suffering due to negligence or mismanagement.
The statement emphasized that citizens face complex administrative obstacles and unjustified treatment from the concerned authorities, such as the Therapeutic Services Development Agency, the National Kidney Disease Authority, and the Medicine, Emergency, and Support Centers, without clear mechanisms or transparent standards for organizing treatment inside or outside the country.
The committee pointed out that deliberate delays and bureaucracy have claimed the lives of many patients who passed away while waiting for an approval or a signature that never came, considering that these practices are no longer isolated mistakes but have become a recurring pattern reflecting a structural flaw that requires accountability.
The committee also called for a re-evaluation of the concerned agencies, which have turned from tools of reform into a burden on the state and the citizen, stressing that the silence of regulatory bodies is no longer acceptable, and that people’s lives are a sacred national and humanitarian trust that must be protected without exception, and without the need for connections, influence, or pleading.
