How suburban doctors treated refugees in Lebanon
Posted May 17, 2017 1:00 am
Here's a breakdown of the health care provided in one week by suburban doctors and other volunteers in Lebanon:
1,559: total beneficiaries
197: surgeries
1,343: consultations
23: urology surgeries
19: general surgeries
120: ENT surgeries
62: cardiography tests
19: GI endoscopies
2: bronchoscopy procedures
750: internal and family medicine consultations
85: endocrinology consultations
60: urology consultations
37: GI consultations
52: general surgery consultations
49: pulmonary consultations
30: vascular surgery consultations
275: ENT consultations
Source: Dr. Mufaddal Hamadeh, Midwest chapter president of the Syrian American Medical Society
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