A Lebanese woman was brutally beaten up by her husband in al-Ouzai area in southern Beirut, which required transferring her immediately to a hospital for treatment. "However, the Rafik Hariri University Hospital refused to admit Hoda Ali Tay,” LBCI television said on Saturday evening. But later, a TV personality at LBCI contacted Health Minister Wael Abou Faour, who ordered admitting Tay immediately and providing her with all necessary medical care. The journalist also called the Mount Lebanon public prosecutor, who opened an investigation in the incident.

Meanwhile, security forces rushed to the hospital to take the necessary procedures and prosecute and arrest the husband. Several Lebanese women have recently made headlines for falling victims to domestic violence. A week earlier, Roqayya Monzer was shot dead by her husband last Thursday, one day before Mother's Day, after she asked him for divorce. Monzer is a mother of two, and was pregnant with her third child at the time of her death. [Link]