HOSPITALS in Lebanon are at a breaking point as supplies run low, health workers said today while desperately fighting to keep abreast of a surge in coronavirus cases.

Doctors at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the country’s largest public-sector health facility, reported that they are drenched in sweat while checking patients lying on stretchers in the reception area as the air conditioning has been turned off to save fuel.

Though they are exhausted, medical staff must scramble to find scarce supplies as well as treating patients. As of today, the hospital has been running on its back-up generators and relies on donations from political parties and international aid groups for diesel.