The Accident and Emergency (A&E) department reopened last week after security was improved.

The health committee of the General National Congress (GNC) has denied reports that a major tender for medical supplies has been held up by bureacuracy.

Noureddine Daghman blames the Audit Bureau for delays in improving the Tripoli Medical Centre, and questions the way that tenders for medicines are being handled.

A new 120-bed accident and emergency department at Misrata Central Hospital was officially opened by the Minister of Health on 25 June.

The Ministry of Health says that a contract awarded to the UK-based International Hospitals Group (IHG) covers the building of 11 hospitals in Libya, more than had initially been announced.

The Ministry of Health has signed a contract with the UK-based International Hospitals Group (IHG) to design, build and operate hospitals in nine locations across the country.

The hospital, in south-east Libya, has opened new facilities worth a total of LD500,000 ($400,000).

The deputy prime minister has met officials from the Ministry of Health to discuss ways of reactivating stalled projects in the health sector.

Medical staff from India and the Philippines have arrived at the hospital to help address a shortfall in personnel.

The private hospital in Benghazi has just secured extra funding from Sahara Bank, its developer tells The Libya Report, with the first phase of the project expected to be ready by November.

The centre has signed an agreement with a Jordanian company to build and operate a new 100-bed private hospital in Tripoli.

The Ministry of Health is planning to contract the prefabricated hospitals, which will be located across Libya, on a five-year design, build and operate basis.

The Ministry of Health has issued a request to all local firms supplying medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

The flu virus has been blamed for causing the deaths of five people in Libya, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health has issued several announcements to companies in the sector, including one for importers of pharmaceutical supplies.