Tunisia · Saturday, 19 September 2026
Saied calls public health system "targeted, even destroyed"

President Kais Saied said at Thursday's meeting with Health Minister Mustapha Ferjani that the public health system had been "targeted, even destroyed," and that funded projects in medical imaging and lab-analysis interpretation had been delayed despite available funding, which he described as deliberate obstruction by "corrupt individuals" without naming anyone. The characterization is the president's own and is reported here as his statement, not as an established finding.
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