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Lebanon on Life Support
Not for the first time in its history, Lebanon finds itself facing a crisis, with a collapsing currency, severe shortages of basic goods and a fragmented political system.
Not for the first time in its troubled history, Lebanon finds itself facing a crisis. A collapsing currency, severe shortages of basic goods and a fragmented political system have all led the Lebanese people down a dark and uncertain path. Nowhere are the day-to-day consequences of these challenges felt more acutely than in the nation's hospitals.
Our World follows the director of Lebanon's largest public hospital as he tries to stave off disaster and a junior doctor forced to decide between her patients and her own future.
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