Collective Action
Kidney patients and their relatives stage a sit-in outside the Islamic Charity Hospital in Tripoli to protest the decision of the hospital to require the payment of dialysis sessions in dollars
Kidney patients and their relatives stage a sit-in outside the Islamic Charity Hospital in Tripoli to protest the payment of dialysis sessions in dollars. The hospital recently announced that patients will have to pay 27,50$ per dialysis session even if they are fully insured and that they will need to pay one month in advance. As most patients need three dialysis sessions per week and earn their wages in Lebanese pounds or are unemployed, they cannot afford these high costs in dollars.
Date:
May 31, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) :
Clan members
Mode of Action:
Road blockade
Objective:
Demands for rights/services
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Access to socio-eco rights
Corporate grievances
Spatial characteristics:
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency:
One off
State response:
N/A
Sources: