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Dec 2023
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Episode 78: Are hospitals in Lebanon pre...

KHALIL DIAB
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Please listen to and watch our latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast discussing disaster preparedness in hospitals in Lebanon. In this episode, I interview Dr. Mariana Helou, the Chief of Emergency Medicine at the LAU-MC Rizk Hospital in Achrafieh. Dr. Helou is very active in Disaster Medicine and Mass Casualty event preparedness training in Europe. We discuss the August 4th explosion and disaster preparedness at that time, and then discuss current hospital preparedness in Lebanon for a potential mass casualty event given the political events in the region. We discuss emergency preparedness specifically at LAUMC-RH, but also discuss the national emergency preparedness plan and the importance of closed loop communication among the various hospitals in case of a mass casualty event. If you want to learn more about disaster and emergency preparedness, this is the episode to listen to.

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