Lebanon's health workers travel across the country to care for those displaced | Video

Krayyeh, Lebanon, Oct 31 (EFE) - A doctor, a nurse, two social workers, and a midwife travel every week to a shelter for displaced people in Krayyeh, in southern Lebanon. In just one morning they have already treated about 30 patients who have been left without access to their usual doctors.

CAMERA: NAJI MAZBOUDI.

FOOTAGE OF MEDICAL STAFF TREATING REFUGEES AT THE KRAYYEH SHELTER IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.

SOUNDBITES OF:

-ABIR FARID AAYAD, INTERNALLY DISPLACED

04:08 - 04:27- “I came with my four children and my husband died a year ago. He (my son) has a cold, his lungs are inflamed, so they asked us for a scan. They told me to talk to Mrs. Mariam, I don't have a car to go back and forth."

-HUSSAIN MOHAMMAD MASHMOUSHE, NURSE:

4:27 - 4:47- “These are the areas we are covering, there are nine schools. We visit each center once a week and distribute medication for chronic and serious diseases. We will have a doctor with us examining the patients and, of course, we vaccinate the children.”

4:47 - 5:04- “Normally we are one doctor, one nurse, two social workers. We are about five people, also with a midwife.”

5:04 - 5:14 - “Today we've been here since 9:00, it's 12:00, (we'll be) until we're done with all the patients we have to see. Today, for example, I could say we've had about 30 to 35 patients that we've examined.”

Metadata

Date: 31/10/2024 09:34 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Unrest and conflicts » Armed conflict
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 314 seconds
Reference: 7001411763
Relevance: Normal