Posted By
Najib
Mar 25, 2020 08:10
Are there enough ventilators to treat all the patients? This is a question that's being asked all over the world as the coronavirus pandemic spreads its wings. Ventilators are key to treating critical patients as the coronavirus affects a patient's lungs directly, and Lebanon needs to acquire as much as possible to fill the critical gap if the virus were to spread. Luckily, and aside from the donations we got to acquire new ventilators, three…
Posted By
Fred
Mar 22, 2020 01:40
The image has been shared widely around Europe, in France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands in particular. People stepping out on their balconies and saluting the medical staff working at hospitals, at around 8PM every night since Tuesday. Videos of citizens applauding the hospital workers went viral, just like the ones we had during the thawra times in Lebanon, portraying people knocking on kitchen utensils every night. The call has been replicated here, and people…
Critiques
4 years ago
According to the chart published today by the AUB Global Health Institute, Lebanon is relatively doing much better than other countries, such as Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Greece and Bahrain, in containing #COVID19 till ...
Health
4 years ago
The Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon tweeted earlier today pictures of two human temperature measuring equipments donated by Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd and deployed at the airport. This will help the authorities measure temperatures without ...
Critiques
4 years ago
“Cancel Everything: Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus.We must start immediately“. That was the title of one of the coronavirus-related articles on The Atlantic today and it’s hard to disagree with ...
Critiques
4 years ago
The Ministry of Public Health shared its first National Epidemiological Surveillance Program Bulletin on COVID-19 as of March 8th and it contains some insights on the spread of this virus in Lebanon. – 32 cases ...
Health
4 years ago
I’m opening a thread on the Coronavirus spread in Lebanon and I will update it on a daily basis. This will hopefully help keep the blog’s readers up to date with what’s happening, raise awareness ...
Critiques
4 years ago
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health confirmed a third case of coronavirus in Lebanon, after a man arriving from Iran on February 24 tested positive. This means that all three infected people so far were ...
Health
4 years ago
Lebanon’s Health Minister confirmed today the first Coronavirus case in Lebanon, after a 45-year old Lebanese woman traveling from Iran was diagnosed with the virus. Apparently, Lebanon received a warning from its embassy in Tehran ...
Baladi
4 years ago
Ireland-based Medical Devices giant Medtronic announced this week that it will acquire Digital Surgery, a privately-held pioneer in surgical artificial intelligence, data and analytics, and digital education and training. The purchase aims to strengthen its ...
