Doctors on emergency duty describe horror of Beirut explosions

Aran News Saudi Arabia06 Aug, 2020News

Some were hurt inside their apartments by shattered glass and falling objects; others suffered severe injuries while going up in elevators or climbing stairs; still others were bloodied by falling masonry and debris while they were out in the streets. By late on Wednesday, the number of people hurt in the explosions at Beirut port had reached 5,000, with the death toll rising above 135. “Blood was everywhere,” Dr. Walid Alami, a cardiologist at Clemenceau Medical Center, told Arab News from Beirut, as he recounted the events of a night that began with the hospital asking all its off-duty nurses and doctors to report for duty immediately.