{"id":61549,"date":"2021-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61549\/red-cross-paramedic-dies-after-contracting-covid-19"},"modified":"2023-05-15T08:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T08:30:25","slug":"red-cross-paramedic-dies-after-contracting-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61549\/red-cross-paramedic-dies-after-contracting-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross Paramedic Dies After Contracting COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking news this Friday morning as it was announced Red Cross EMT Fadi Abu Hassan has passed away after contracting COVID-19. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jYohlrcPhS\">pic.twitter.com\/jYohlrcPhS<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Michel Abi Rached (@michelarached) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelarached\/status\/1365230648026365954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  As our healthcare sector continues to deteriorate with the ongoing pandemic, hundreds of volunteers from the Lebanese Red Cross are getting exposed to the virus on the daily. Several medical assistants still await their turn to receive the vaccine in a shaky vaccination plan. <br \/>  <br \/>  Our deepest condolences to Fadi\u2019s family, may you find comfort in knowing that he has saved countless lives through his dedication to the Red Cross.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbreaking news this Friday morning as it was announced Red Cross EMT Fadi Abu Hassan has passed away after contracting COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":433075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1104],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-61549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-covid-19"],"authorship":[112],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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