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cord-351267-itdorszt	Farha, Loulwa	Lebanese Healthcare System: How Will the Aftermath Look?	2020-09-06		.txt	text/plain	1370	65	48	In the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion, Lebanon received immense financial and medical support from the international community in a timely fashion, which secured first level care to victims of the explosion. Nevertheless, this forced Lebanon, which was considered a prominent tertiary medical hub in the Middle East, to slowly regress into an exclusive primary care provider. From the beginning of the Lebanese economic crisis which began around a year ago, many of the small-scale hospitals and medical centers faced threats of potential bankruptcy. Hospitals and medical centers have been suffering for months to keep up with the increase in demand for intensive care unit beds, medical equipment, and medications necessary to cater to patients with severe COVID-19 infections. Three of the major tertiary medical centers serving the Beirut area were severely damaged rendering them completely non-operational, and forcing them to evacuate their patients immediately.	./cache/cord-351267-itdorszt.txt	./txt/cord-351267-itdorszt.txt