04:58Lebanese ophthalmologist Elias Jarade said that the success rate of treating eye injuries among those involved in the mass pager explosions was 'not high', speaking from the Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital on Wednesday.
"We are receiving very, very critical cases while the success rate is not very high because when you receive cases with lost eye tissue, practically you can't do anything else, you cannot do any reconstructive surgery for the eye," she explained.
“[It was] a massive explosion targeting the face and the eye," she continued. "You can tell that [it was] an explosion that is targeting the face on purpose or concentrating the explosion in the face around the eye."
"At first glance, according to the statistics and distribution, most [of the cases] are young men," she added. "We received kids, women, and elderly, but mostly they are young men.”
At time of publication, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported at least 12 people had been killed and around 2,800 injured in the mass pager explosions.
Hezbollah described it as a 'criminal aggression' by Israel, confirming that the devices belonged to "employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions", and said that it would get 'retribution'. Israel had not commented at time of publication.
Cross-border clashes are ongoing between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, as well as other Lebanese and Palestinian factions, and have intensified since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
'Success rate is not high' - Lebanese ophthalmologist on challenges treating eye injuries from pager explosions
Lebanese ophthalmologist Elias Jarade said that the success rate of treating eye injuries among those involved in the mass pager explosions was 'not high', speaking from the Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital on Wednesday.
"We are receiving very, very critical cases while the success rate is not very high because when you receive cases with lost eye tissue, practically you can't do anything else, you cannot do any reconstructive surgery for the eye," she explained.
“[It was] a massive explosion targeting the face and the eye," she continued. "You can tell that [it was] an explosion that is targeting the face on purpose or concentrating the explosion in the face around the eye."
"At first glance, according to the statistics and distribution, most [of the cases] are young men," she added. "We received kids, women, and elderly, but mostly they are young men.”
At time of publication, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported at least 12 people had been killed and around 2,800 injured in the mass pager explosions.
Hezbollah described it as a 'criminal aggression' by Israel, confirming that the devices belonged to "employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions", and said that it would get 'retribution'. Israel had not commented at time of publication.
Cross-border clashes are ongoing between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, as well as other Lebanese and Palestinian factions, and have intensified since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
Lebanese ophthalmologist Elias Jarade said that the success rate of treating eye injuries among those involved in the mass pager explosions was 'not high', speaking from the Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital on Wednesday.
"We are receiving very, very critical cases while the success rate is not very high because when you receive cases with lost eye tissue, practically you can't do anything else, you cannot do any reconstructive surgery for the eye," she explained.
“[It was] a massive explosion targeting the face and the eye," she continued. "You can tell that [it was] an explosion that is targeting the face on purpose or concentrating the explosion in the face around the eye."
"At first glance, according to the statistics and distribution, most [of the cases] are young men," she added. "We received kids, women, and elderly, but mostly they are young men.”
At time of publication, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported at least 12 people had been killed and around 2,800 injured in the mass pager explosions.
Hezbollah described it as a 'criminal aggression' by Israel, confirming that the devices belonged to "employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions", and said that it would get 'retribution'. Israel had not commented at time of publication.
Cross-border clashes are ongoing between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, as well as other Lebanese and Palestinian factions, and have intensified since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.