For Mira Hasbini, Lebanon's disastrous financial crisis came down to something very basic: surgeons couldn't find enough screws to fix her aged mother's broken bones.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A drastic rise in COVID-19 infections has pushed Lebanon’s hospitals to the edge, and experts warn they will soon be unable to cope as the country buckles under a succession of devastating crises.
A medical staff works inside a lab for analysing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests, at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Lebanon’s healthcare system was already struggling before several hospitals were badly damaged by a massive explosion at the port of Beirut in early August.
Now medical supplies are dwindling thanks to a shortage of dollars due to an ongoing financial crisis, doctors are emigrating in droves, and fears are growing that subsidies on medicines might soon be lifted.
4 Min Read
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A drastic rise in COVID-19 infections has pushed Lebanon’s hospitals to the edge, and experts warn they will soon be unable to cope as the country buckles under a succession of devastating crises.
A medical staff works inside a lab for analysing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests, at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Lebanon’s healthcare system was already struggling before several hospitals were badly damaged by a massive explosion at the port of Beirut in early August.
Now medical supplies are dwindling thanks to a shortage of dollars due to an ongoing financial crisis, doctors are emigrating in droves, and fears are growing that subsidies on medicines might soon be lifted.