Lebanese medical workers warn of hospitals shutdown risks amid financial crisis

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Lebanese medical workers warn of hospitals shutdown risks amid financial crisis

STORY: Lebanese medical workers warn of hospitals shutdown risks amid financial crisis DATELINE: May 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:16 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of employees of hospitals protesting in front of the central bank 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): DIAA BAYTAMOUNI, Nurse 3. various of employees protesting 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): LAMIS AKIKI, Physician 5. various of protesters chanting slogans against banks 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SULEIMAN HAROUN, President of Syndicate of Private Hospitals 7. various of doctors holding flags STORYLINE: Hundreds of doctors and nurses on Thursday staged a protest near Lebanon's central bank due to a shortage of funds, which threatens to shut down big hospitals in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): DIAA BAYTAMOUNI, Nurse "Today, we are standing here because we are demanding for our rights and our salaries, the rights of the health sector, we have gone through the COVID-19 crisis, the Beirut port blasts. We are fighting without access to medicines

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