“Rising Strong” the 7th Annual Medical Congress
- March 31, April 1 & 2, 2024
As Israeli airstrikes intensify in Lebanon, Dr. Pierre Yared
and Sister Hadia Abi Chelbi, co-directors of Lebanon's only burn center, are
seeing a heavy influx of severely and critically injured patients at their
hospital. Without help from the government, the burn center at lebanese
hospital geitaoui, a Christian nonprofit organization, was forced to increase
its capacity from 9 beds to 25.
But many patients have to stay hospitalized for at least
three months because they are suffering from burns over 80-85% of their bodies,
Yared said. As the situation continues to escalate, both fear the facility
might not have the space and supplies to keep treating incoming patients and
pay their exhausted staff.
