By last Friday, 1,050 people were vaccinated by the mobile teams sent out by MSF across the #country, starting in #Baalbeck (#Chlifa, #El_Sharawneh), #Bekaa_valley (#Hermel), #South_Lebanon (#Abbasiyeh), #Mount_Lebanon (#Zouk and #Hammana).
Since the #elderly are not able to access the #vaccination_centres easily, MSF has set up mobile vaccination teams to reach them where they are. MSF’s mobile teams are an addition to the deployment efforts already put in place in the country to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
“MSF is supporting the #Lebanese efforts in the roll out of #COVID-19 vaccination to ensure access for the most #vulnerable and at-risk populations without discrimination”, says Julien Raickman, MSF Head of Mission in Lebanon."
“On Wednesday, we went to the Hôpital Psychiatrique de La Croix in #Mount_Lebanon area, one of the biggest elderly homes in #Lebanon where elderly persons with mental health illnesses are accommodated and cared for”, says Tania Hachem, MSF medical coordinator.
#Access to #vaccines is an essential part of the response to the #pandemic which has further exacerbated the country’s already struggling #health_care_system and pushed many people to the brink at a period of major #economic_crisis. #vaccineforall #Lebanon
To respond to the #Covid-19 crisis, MSF has also temporarily turned its hospital in #Bar_Elias into a #COVID-19 facility with a 20-bed capacity. Currently, all beds in the intensive care unit (ICU) are occupied & the in-patient department reached its limit capacity.
In #Zahle’s Elias Haraoui public hospital, MSF is supporting the #COVID-19 ICU ward, and has adapted and further expanded its #emergency_room activities to ensure effective triage of #Covid-19 patients.
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