Medical staff at the Iman Medical Center in Bebnine (Akkar) tend to cholera patients on Nov. 1, 2022. (Credit: Nicholas Frakes/L'Orient Today)
Five years ago, as the world was scrambling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon saw its very first death as a result of the virus, 50 -year-old Lebanese man who had returned from Egypt and was in a “very critical” condition.In these five years, Lebanon has endured a cholera outbreak, the devastating Aug. 4, 2020, port explosion, and, just months ago, a brutal war between Hezbollah and Israel that left significant parts of the country in ruins. On top of that, Lebanon is still trying to recover from the 2019 financial collapse — deemed one of the worst financial crises the world has seen recently. Read more Amputated, blinded: Grim avalanche of pager explosion injuries at Achrafieh’s Hôtel-Dieu hospital However, Dr. Firas Abiad, the former Health Minister who was on the frontlines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic...
Five years ago, as the world was scrambling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon saw its very first death as a result of the virus, 50 -year-old Lebanese man who had returned from Egypt and was in a “very critical” condition.In these five years, Lebanon has endured a cholera outbreak, the devastating Aug. 4, 2020, port explosion, and, just months ago, a brutal war between Hezbollah and Israel that left significant parts of the country in ruins. On top of that, Lebanon is still trying to recover from the 2019 financial collapse — deemed one of the worst financial crises the world has seen recently. Read more Amputated, blinded: Grim avalanche of pager explosion injuries at Achrafieh’s Hôtel-Dieu hospital However, Dr. Firas Abiad, the former Health Minister who was on the frontlines of the fight against the COVID-19...