BEIRUT: Health Minister Wael Abu Faour ordered Tuesday the closure of a Mount Lebanon nursery in following the death of an infant at the facility one day before.
Clarinette et Zoe Nursery in Ajaltoun was ordered shut after four-month-old Elie Salloum died in an accident, according to a statement released by Abu Faour’s media office.
The decision to shut down the daycare was also based on the fact that the nursery is unlicensed, does not meet health standards and lacks a sufficient number of qualified staff for the purpose of childcare.
The health minister has referred the minsitry’s evaluations in addition to medical assesments to the judiciary.
Abu Faour also called on Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk to assist the Health Ministry in shutting down the nursery.
The cause of the infant's death has yet to be revealed.
A Health Ministry statement Monday said the infant was already dead when he had arrived to the St. George Hospital in Ajaltoun.
The report did not describe the nature of the accident that caused the death.
Monday’s incident marked the second time in two weeks that a baby dies in a daycare in Lebanon.
Last week, the Health Ministry said that an infant died in a nursery in the Beirut suburb of Hay al-Sollom. The statement did not disclose the identity of the child or the name of the daycare.
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