Overwhelmed hospitals in Lebanon forced to treat Covid patients in cars
The country has seen a surge in coronavirus in recent weeks, with many angry at the lax rules over Christmas
Patients in Beirut are treated in their cars, after a hospital ran out of beds (Screengrab/Facebook) By Published date: 11 January 2021 14:57 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
A video from Lebanon showing queues of patients waiting outside a hospital and being treated in their cars has been used to illustrate the dire situation the country is in following a surge in coronavirus cases.
In the video shared on Saturday from outside Al Roum hospital in Beirut, a doctor can be heard saying that staff have resorted to treating patients in their cars, as they have no capacity to treat them inside.