Sandbags being put up to protect emergency room at Saint Therese Medical Center, on Oct. 28, 2024. (Credit: Elie Hachem)
BEIRUT — Sainte Therese Medical Center in Hadath, a neighborhood under ongoing Israeli bombardment, has intensified its protective protocols to safeguard staff, patients and its facilities.The area around Saint Therese has been subject to eight evacuation orders from the Israeli army in the last month of the war. Three of the subsequent strikes caused severe damage, one of which hit less than 100 meters from the hospital. On high alert, the medical center has implemented fresh safety measures to counter potential risks.Only six patients remain of the hospital’s 183-bed capacity due to damages sustained earlier this month.Israeli strikes killed at least 163 health and rescue workers across Lebanon over the past year, with 158 ambulances and 55 hospitals damaged, according to the latest figures published by Lebanon’s Health Ministry on...
BEIRUT — Sainte Therese Medical Center in Hadath, a neighborhood under ongoing Israeli bombardment, has intensified its protective protocols to safeguard staff, patients and its facilities.The area around Saint Therese has been subject to eight evacuation orders from the Israeli army in the last month of the war. Three of the subsequent strikes caused severe damage, one of which hit less than 100 meters from the hospital. On high alert, the medical center has implemented fresh safety measures to counter potential risks.Only six patients remain of the hospital’s 183-bed capacity due to damages sustained earlier this month.Israeli strikes killed at least 163 health and rescue workers across Lebanon over the past year, with 158 ambulances and 55 hospitals damaged, according to the latest figures published by Lebanon’s Health Ministry...
