There are not enough beds and intensive care units are overcrowded according to the center's director, Mr. Fradj Jebali, who says that the center is torn between duty to improve medical services provided to citizens and the problems due to the deteriorating situation caused by chaos and anarchy and the lack of resources.

He says: "The hospital management requested an urgent intervention of the Ministry of Health and the Presidency of the Government to provide financial and moral support to the hospital. But, with the lack of a budget allocated to the Ministry of Health, medicines and equipment were not delivered especially that most equipment are broken down, including mainly orthopedic surgery equipment, especially the supply of platinum which is necessary to treat injuries."

A Libyan doctor working in the operating room explained that the biggest problem faced by medical staff was the lack of anesthetic products or their expiry. He added: "This prevents us from doing surgeries, creating more suffering among patients, in addition to the lack of beds and the anarchy prevailing here."

Furthermore, fear of local and foreign medical staff increases when war is in full swing in the neighbouring cities. The lack of security and protection is indeed a major problem for these teams. A Libyan nurse working in the hospital for more than 20 years said that the lack of security agents prevented her from doing her job properly, especially during night shifts when assaults increase.

Another doctor said, "I had worked for several months in the hospital, I was not sure of the situation, especially the financial one. I joined a private medical office to support my family and pay my rent. "

The deterioration of the value of the Libyan dinar against the dollar had also caused big problems for foreign staff , and even Libyan ones. A foreign practitioner says: "I have worked in Tobruk for more than 20 years, and everyone acknowledges my efficiency, but our life changed last year." He explained that 137 doctors, nurses and technicians from European and Asian countries including himself could not convert their earnings into foreign currencies. The value of the dollar rose to more than 3 Libyan dinars in the black market and over 2 Libyan dinars in banks, which prevented them from sending money to their families.

These difficulties have had bad impact on patients and their attendants. One of the inhabitants of Tobruk who accompanied his father to the hospital said he had stayed in the hospital for two weeks with his father waiting for the drug, but to no avail. Despite the efforts of the hospital's management to provide the drugs, the demand remains more important. "I think of taking my father to Egypt for treatment, despite the deterioration of the value of the Libyan dinar."

In the same context, a citizen who came from a nearby town said: "My son suffers from a hole in the heart and we are waiting for the American medical staff specializing in open heart surgery. During the three visits they made, they managed to make 84 open-heart operations for children from all Libyan cities. One single operation failed. "

The Tobruk Medical Center is going through a miserable situation due to the lack of resources, equipment and drugs, as well as accumulated daily problems, while waiting for a solution that may, perhaps, come one day.