heaping pressure on the nation’s healthcare system.
There has been great demand in the region and around the world for medical staff
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, many of whom were already looking to work overseas because of the country’s
economic crisis.
Dr Youssef Bakhach, general secretary of the Lebanese Order of Physicians in Beirut, said one in five doctors had already left the country or was planning to do so.
We estimate that 16 to 20 per cent of Lebanese doctors have already left or are planning to leave. The Gulf will always be an attractive destination
Dr Youssef Bakhach, Lebanese Order of Physicians
Beirut: Patients cram hospital corridors and spill into driveways. Intensive care units are full as the coronavirus thins the ranks of already-overstretched medical personnel. People scramble from pharmacy to pharmacy, plead with friends or resort to the black market for ventilators, medicines and baby milk.
Lebanon’s medical system is buckling under a post-holiday COVID-19 surge that has killed almost as many people in January alone as died from the disease all last year.
To stave off a catastrophe like those seen in Italy and Iran, the Lebanese government has imposed the harshest lockdown the country has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. But that has taken its own devastating toll: the near-evisceration of an economy already on the brink. Public frustration with the coronavirus restrictions boiled over last week in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city and also its poorest, where for four consecutive nights protesters stormed government buildings, set off fireworks a
Lebanon s medical system is buckling under a post-holiday COVID-19 surge that has killed almost as many people in January alone as died from the disease all last year.
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The Bread Exam from British Islamic Medical Association and McCann Health has been developed to help tackle cultural taboos relating to intimate parts of the body
To coincide with World Cancer Day, famous influencers from three countries have joined forces to launch The Bread Exam, , a campaign that uses bread kneading to show women exactly how-to self-check their breasts to help detect early signs of breast cancer.
Launched by the British Islamic Medical Association and McCann Health in the UK, The Bread Exam has been developed to help tackle cultural taboos relating to intimate parts of the body. These cultural taboos can prevent women from going to the doctor and even discussing the subject or conducting self examination. Using the same simple gestures used to prepare bread dough, The Bread Exam teaches women how to perform self-checks and detect early signs of breast cancer.