Published date: 3 March 2021 14:17 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks ago
The death of a Lebanese x-ray technician and former paramedic due to Covid-19 last week has shed new light on the plight of overwhelmed health workers battling the pandemic in the cash-strapped country.
Tributes to Fadi Abou Hassan, with an image of him in Lebanese Red Cross garb where he once volunteered, have poured out across social media, days after it was revealed that the health ministry bypassed the country s rollout policy to vaccinate a handful of MPs. This is shameful. They are frontline workers who protect us,
- Sharaf Abou Sharaf, head of the Doctors’ Syndicate
Updated: 4:42 PM EST January 22, 2021
HARTFORD, Connecticut A court has rejected the appeal of a former American Red Cross official who was convicted of stealing more than $400,000 from the organization.
The state Appellate Court ruled Friday against Diane Williams, former finance director of the Red Cross’s Middletown chapter.
The East Hartford resident argued various rulings by a lower court judge were improper, including denial of her request to have several out-of-state witnesses testify at her trial.
Prosecutors say Williams stole nearly $410,000 from the Red Cross from 2006 to 2010 by inflating her paychecks. She was convicted of larceny and sentenced to eight years in prison.