The medical system in Lebanon has faced significant challenges since 2019 due to a combination of economic, political, and security factors. The explosion of August 2020 and the last 10 days have posed significant challenges to the system.

In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly, we discuss with Dr. Salah Zeineddine, CMO of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, the challenges the health system is facing and has dealt with, particulary over the past 10 days.

Starting with the pager explosions, the hospitals have dealt with mass casualty events that are ongoing to the current day. Heroic hospital staff have been operating non-stop, taking care of patients, while at the same time, dealing with an extremely unstable situation, while worrying about their family members, houses, and the future.

We discuss the medication and medical supply situation, the role of NGOs on the ground, and the sustainability of the health care efforts as the situation grinds on. We also discuss the ability of the health care system to continue to take care of emergency medical illnesses such as heart attacks, strokes, and others.

At the time of this podcast, there have been more than 1600 deaths and 8000 injuries.

The episode is available on all podcast apps.

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Latest episode of the podcast co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly discussing Sports Medicine in the Middle East, Lebanon, and the Gulf Region with Tarek Gerbal who was senior sports therapist at the American University of Beirut before moving to Doha, Qatar. In this episode, we discuss the advancements in Sports Medicine and physical therapy and the future of this field. An episode not to be missed.

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In an episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly, we discuss with Dr. Andrea Darzi MD, MPH, PhD her work at McMaster University looking at health-care related guidelines. Health-care related guidelines are published to assist in the management of various diseases; however, they do not take cultural differences between countries and continents, and specific needs, into consideration.

Dr. Darzi discusses her group's work in developing recommendation maps aiding in guideline adaptation to the needs of the physicians and other health care workers assisting them in managing their patients. A big example and a subject she is working on is chronic pain management which varies tremendously between different countries. It may be opiate heavy in North America and much less opiate oriented in other countries.

These recommendations maps will assist in management, adaptation, and aid in research questions in the future focusing on the gaps in knowledge that need further study. They will also help patients understand their disease process and its management.

This episode is also available on all podcast apps and on YouTube

#guidelines #recommendationmaps #culturaldifference #healthcare #patientempowerment