Less than a week after Morocco’s King Mohammed VI ordered the construction of a military field hospital in Beirut following the tragic explosions in the Lebanese capital, the military facility has started treating the wounded. The field hospital was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of Morocco’s Ambassador to Lebanon, M’hammed Grine. This field hospital is operated by a 150-strong staff, including 45 doctors from various specialties (intensive care specialists, surgeons, traumatologists, ENT specialists, ophthalmologists, neurosurgeons, pediatricians, pharmacists and burns treatment specialists), nurses and other medical support elements. The facility will assist with the daunting task of providing medical assistance to the injured, director of the field hospital Professor Chekkar Kacem told MAP news agency. Following the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut, King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to send emergency medical and humanitarian aid to Lebanon.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 12, 2020 15:33 UTC