WEBCLIP - Pediatric hospital services in Zahle hospital, Lebanon (ENG)

Since March 2017, MSF has been running pediatric hospital services in a public hospital in Zahle, a city in the Bekaa Valley where there are an estimated 500,000 Syrian refugees.

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WEBCLIP: Pediatric hospital services in Zahle, Bekaa Valley

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF229709

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/03/2018 12:00 AM

Country Lebanon

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Agnes Varraine-Leca

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications

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Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

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Duration 1m16s

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Additional Information / Shotlist More than 1,5 million Syrians have fled to Lebanon
An estimated 500,000 have settled in the Bekaa Valley

Marco Ola - Medical Coordinator (in English)
Half of them are children so it's one of the main needs in the area to provide medical care for children.

In March 2017, MSF opened a pediatric unit in a public hospital in the city of Zahle

Audrey Landmann - Head of Mission, MSF (en français)
We admit children aged 1 month to 15 years old.
We run inpatient services that include a general pediatric ward and an intensive care unit.

40% of refugees are living in camps in harsh conditions
Since January, the number of patients has soared

Marco Ola - Medical Coordinator (in English)
What we are mainly observing is communicable diseases, infectious diseases such as gastroenteritis, repsiratory tract infections or pathologies mainly related to the lack of vaccination.

In 2018, MSF will open another programme in Zahle specialising in chronic pediatric diseases:
asthma, thalessemia, diabetes & hyperthyroidism