{"id":62252,"date":"2021-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62252\/lifesaving-pacemakers-are-no-longer-available-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2021-07-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T00:00:00","slug":"lifesaving-pacemakers-are-no-longer-available-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62252\/lifesaving-pacemakers-are-no-longer-available-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifesaving Pacemakers Are No Longer Available In Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"The aggravating Lebanese crisis has snowballed into a never-ending catastrophes that only seems to be getting worse.<br \/>  <br \/>  Dr. Fadi Sawaya, the Director of the Structural Heart program at AUBMC, has recently shared a concerning Tweet announcing the shortage (or complete absence) of pacemaker devices in Lebanon. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As of this week, there is no more pacemakers in Lebanon. The painful slow killing of the Lebanese population continues courtesy of ALL the political class <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mophleb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mophleb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTVLebanonNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MTVLebanonNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBCI_NEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LBCI_NEWS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALJADEEDNEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ALJADEEDNEWS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TakeshiOkubo3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TakeshiOkubo3<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Fadi Sawaya (@fjsawaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fjsawaya\/status\/1420281297579220992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Pacemakers are life-saving devices that are used to regulate irregular heartbeats. They are a staple in cardiovascular surgery and do not have many effective alternatives. Medical shortages now leave surgeons and medical professionals unable to treat patients in need. This vicious cycle of bad news has unfortunately become an inevitably routine part of our lives.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">here we come <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/82DqehiFcb\">https:\/\/t.co\/82DqehiFcb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dr. Ghina Abbas (@ghinaabbas1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghinaabbas1\/status\/1420488583010570244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627<br><br><br>&#8230;<br>\ud83e\udec0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%85?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4hEnFv3ZRV\">https:\/\/t.co\/4hEnFv3ZRV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dr MAJ (@MAJalaplageMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAJalaplageMD\/status\/1420458704885911557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are we delusional when it comes to the lack of pacemakers too? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hamad_hassan20?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hamad_hassan20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQHVp5wnX2\">https:\/\/t.co\/AQHVp5wnX2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dounia Eskandarani (@dziskandarani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dziskandarani\/status\/1420399872864358401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Slowly but surely&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TlPQpF42mF\">https:\/\/t.co\/TlPQpF42mF<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Malek Nayfeh (@MalekNayfeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalekNayfeh\/status\/1420368161346572288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aggravating Lebanese crisis has snowballed into a never-ending catastrophes that only seems to be getting worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":431459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-62252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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