Lebanon s brain drain: Doctors, nurses, engineers leaving amid crisis
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Pictures of victims of the Beirut port explosion hang in the street opposite of a Christmas tree set up in their memory in Beirut, Lebanon on Monday. Photo by Nabil Mounzer/EPA-EFE
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 22 (UPI) Lebanon, which is witnessing the collapse of one professional sector after another due to an unprecedented economic crisis, is losing its highly skilled workforce, with an increasing number of doctors, nurses and engineers leaving out of despair and uncertainty.
The brain drain has grown over the past months at a time of changing dynamics in the embattled region and accelerated normalization between Israel and some Arab states that might greatly impact the tiny country.