Lebanon: Ensuring health care for Syrian refugees
“I was walking out from a supermarket, when a car hit me,” explained Mohammed, 15, recalling the accident that left him critically injured. “But the car didn't stop.”
Mohammed was immediately admitted at the Raee hospital. He underwent an emergency operation to remove his spleen, which was damaged during the accident. A ruptured spleen can lead to life-threatening internal bleeding and requires urgent surgical intervention. Mohammed has also been treated for a broken shoulder-blade, knee trauma and several other wounds.
Photo credit: UNHCR/Sara Hoibak
Lebanon: Ensuring health care for Syrian refugees
“I was walking out from a supermarket, when a car hit me,” explained Mohammed, 15, recalling the accident that left him critically injured. “But the car didn't stop.”
Mohammed was immediately admitted at the Raee hospital. He underwent an emergency operation to remove his spleen, which was damaged during the accident. A ruptured spleen can lead to life-threatening internal bleeding and requires urgent surgical intervention. Mohammed has also been treated for a broken shoulder-blade, knee trauma and several other wounds.
Photo credit: UNHCR/Sara Hoibak