02:23Humanitarian aid donated by Russia was delivered under the World Health Organisation (WHO) supervision to three Lebanese public hospitals, as seen in Beirut on Thursday.
A WHO truck carrying medical supplies could be seen arriving at the Baabda Governmental Hospital. Items in the boxes included trauma and surgical kits.
"We thank the Russian government, the Russian embassy in Lebanon and the World Health Organization, because frankly, we need any possible support that comes to the hospital, especially as it attracts about two million people around Baabda Governmental Hospital, which is the Mount Lebanon Governorate Hospital. I think that this is the beginning of good cooperation between us and the Russian government and, with God willing, it will always continue because this is essential support for the government sector, such as hospitals in Lebanon," said Farid Alsabag, general director of Baabda Hospital.
The other two hospitals that received the aid are in Sibline, East of Beirut, and in Qana, a village in southern Lebanon.
More than 60 tons of critical aid has been airlifted to Beirut from all over the world since the blasts of August 4 that resulted in the deaths of around 200 people, injuring more than 6,000 and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.
The blasts are thought to have been caused by the still unexplained ignition of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical material which was reportedly stored without precautionary measures at the port. Lebanon's government resigned last week in the face of protests in the wake of the devastation, although the administration remains in office in a caretaker capacity.
Lebanon: Aid donated by Russia arrives in Beirut hospitals
Humanitarian aid donated by Russia was delivered under the World Health Organisation (WHO) supervision to three Lebanese public hospitals, as seen in Beirut on Thursday.
A WHO truck carrying medical supplies could be seen arriving at the Baabda Governmental Hospital. Items in the boxes included trauma and surgical kits.
"We thank the Russian government, the Russian embassy in Lebanon and the World Health Organization, because frankly, we need any possible support that comes to the hospital, especially as it attracts about two million people around Baabda Governmental Hospital, which is the Mount Lebanon Governorate Hospital. I think that this is the beginning of good cooperation between us and the Russian government and, with God willing, it will always continue because this is essential support for the government sector, such as hospitals in Lebanon," said Farid Alsabag, general director of Baabda Hospital.
The other two hospitals that received the aid are in Sibline, East of Beirut, and in Qana, a village in southern Lebanon.
More than 60 tons of critical aid has been airlifted to Beirut from all over the world since the blasts of August 4 that resulted in the deaths of around 200 people, injuring more than 6,000 and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.
The blasts are thought to have been caused by the still unexplained ignition of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical material which was reportedly stored without precautionary measures at the port. Lebanon's government resigned last week in the face of protests in the wake of the devastation, although the administration remains in office in a caretaker capacity.
Humanitarian aid donated by Russia was delivered under the World Health Organisation (WHO) supervision to three Lebanese public hospitals, as seen in Beirut on Thursday.
A WHO truck carrying medical supplies could be seen arriving at the Baabda Governmental Hospital. Items in the boxes included trauma and surgical kits.
"We thank the Russian government, the Russian embassy in Lebanon and the World Health Organization, because frankly, we need any possible support that comes to the hospital, especially as it attracts about two million people around Baabda Governmental Hospital, which is the Mount Lebanon Governorate Hospital. I think that this is the beginning of good cooperation between us and the Russian government and, with God willing, it will always continue because this is essential support for the government sector, such as hospitals in Lebanon," said Farid Alsabag, general director of Baabda Hospital.
The other two hospitals that received the aid are in Sibline, East of Beirut, and in Qana, a village in southern Lebanon.
More than 60 tons of critical aid has been airlifted to Beirut from all over the world since the blasts of August 4 that resulted in the deaths of around 200 people, injuring more than 6,000 and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.
The blasts are thought to have been caused by the still unexplained ignition of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical material which was reportedly stored without precautionary measures at the port. Lebanon's government resigned last week in the face of protests in the wake of the devastation, although the administration remains in office in a caretaker capacity.