News on Beirut Eye Doctor's Experience with Explosion Victims
Eye Doctor's Response to Explosion Injuries in Beirut
BEIRUT — An eye doctor in Lebanon shared a harrowing account of treating about 40 to 50 patients suffering from serious injuries following a series of devastating communication device explosions targeting Hezbollah members earlier this week. According to Dr. Elias Warrak, individuals faced catastrophic losses, including the loss of both eyes, stating, “We’ve never seen that much cases of patients and casualties that have been losing their eyes because of explosions.”
Impact of the Explosions on Civilians
The chaos caused by thousands of malfunctioning pagers and walkie-talkies led to a grim toll, with reports of at least 37 fatalities, including children, and injuries affecting nearly 3,000 people, as stated by Lebanon's health minister. Dr. Warrak explained that many patients could only be treated for one eye, with several tragically losing both. “Some of them, we lost both eyes,” he lamented.
The doctor noted that the pattern of injuries suggested that many victims were injured due to shrapnel from nearby explosions while simply observing the detonating devices. As Dr. Warrak rushed to multiple hospitals to treat victims, he expressed profound grief at the scale of devastation, saying, “As a human being, definitely, it is devastating. It kills me.”
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