Lebanon: what the ICRC is doing to help Syrian wounded and refugees
09-11-2012 Facts and Figures
Between January and October 2012, the ICRC:
- helped the Lebanese Red Cross evacuate 1573 Syrian casualties to Lebanese hospitals;
- financed a temporary Lebanese Red Cross emergency facility in Ras Baalbeck, north-east Bekaa, to facilitate the evacuation of Syrian casualties to hospitals;
- provided medical supplies for 10 facilities treating Syrian casualties;
- provided post-operative and rehabilitation care for Syrian casualties at a number of medical facilities, and supplied those facilities with medicines, consumables and artificial limbs;
- paid for over 100 severely injured refugees from Syria to receive treatment at five hospitals in Bekaa;
- conducted four training sessions and workshops for over 90 health personnel who were treating Syrian casualties;
- provided financial support for the Lebanese Red Cross blood bank, enabling it to respond to the increased demand for blood caused by the Syria crisis;
- distributed food, mattresses, blankets, hygiene items, kitchen sets and other household items to around 23,250 refugees from Syria, including 4,630 Palestinians from Syrian camps;
- provided supplies for local organizations that are helping new refugees arriving from Syria.