Hospitals in Lebanon ‘overwhelmed’ with influx of injured: WHO chief
Hospitals in Lebanon are “overwhelmed” with the large number of injured patients amid Israel’s ongoing attacks on the country.
Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus wrote on X: “The death toll in #Lebanon is rising, and hospitals are overwhelmed with the influx of injured patients. The health system has been weakened by successive crises and is struggling to cope with the immense needs.”
He said that he met with Arab League ambassadors in Geneva to discuss the health situation in Lebanon and the region.
Ghebreyesus noted that they agreed patients, health workers and civilians, including refugees, “must be protected and offered the health care they need.”
The WHO has been working closely with the Lebanese Health Ministry to ensure hospitals have enough medical supplies and health workers are trained for mass casualty events.
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