Exclusive: Document Reveals Tripoli Central Hospital Director’s Plea to the Attorney General Earlier This Year Before Being Reprimanded by Gaderbouh for the Same Reasons

Our source has exclusively obtained a document showing that the Director of Tripoli Central Hospital, Assem Bokra, wrote to the Attorney General at the beginning of 2025, highlighting the collapse of health services at the hospital—months before being publicly reprimanded by the head of the Administrative Control Authority, Gaderbouh, for the same issues.

According to Bokra’s letter, the hospital—one of the oldest healthcare institutions in Libya, founded in 1936—suffers from severe deterioration in infrastructure and medical equipment. Many development projects have been halted for years, leading to a decline in performance and services, as well as the suspension of both administrative and technical improvement initiatives.

He further noted the lack of available medical specialties compared to the demand for services, alongside insufficient funding. The hospital requires roughly 750,000 dinars monthly for medicines, medical supplies, sanitation, electricity, and water.

Bokra explained that the emergency department alone receives around 14,000 cases per month with inadequate service levels. He also stressed that separating certain buildings and facilities from the hospital’s general administration has negatively affected both administrative and service integration. In addition, the accumulation of unused medical waste and supplies for years, coupled with poor storage conditions, has created serious health and environmental risks.

The director called on the Attorney General to urge the Ministry of Finance to provide urgent financial allocations, resume halted development and repair projects, reintegrate separated buildings and facilities under hospital management to ensure service integration, and address the improper storage of medical waste and materials.