LEBANON EMERGENCY

An explosion in the Lebanese capital of Beirut has left thousands wounded and at least 100 people killed. We have launched a new Emergency Appeal in response to dire shortages in hospitals – your support is urgently needed today.

A massive explosion at Karantina sea port on Tuesday 4th August has sent shock waves across Lebanon’s capital of Beirut. It is said to be the worst explosion Beirut has experienced – generating seismic waves so powerful it was reported to be equivalent to a magnitude 3.3 earthquake and was felt as far as Cyprus.

At least 100 people are reported dead, with 4,000 wounded, and it is expected that the toll will rise further as many are still missing and possibly trapped under rubble. MAP trustee, Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon who has been treating the injured, says that hospitals have already run out of sutures and disposables.

Hospitals have been flooded with casualties and search and rescue efforts are still ongoing. MAP is responding by getting urgent medical supplies into the hands of doctors treating the injured at Palestinian Red Crescent Hospitals. Please make an urgent donation today towards our emergency response.

Your donation could help pay for:

Antiseptics and disinfectants
Gipsona casts and X-ray films to treat broken or fractured bones
Bandages and gauze
Magnesium sulphate for the treatment of burns
Antibiotics for infections
Other essential lifesaving medicines and medical disposables in short supply

By setting up a monthly donation, you can help get vital medicines and medical supplies into hospitals that need them urgently to treat patients.

Please make an urgent donation today, you can help us save lives. Thank you.

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Across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Palestinian hospitals are in desperate need of basic, yet essential medicines and medical supplies. Many medical items needed to treat patients are regularly in short supply or have already ran out completely. At Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), we help by purchasing as many urgently needed medicines, medical supplies and equipment as we can. We can only do this thanks to the financial support we receive from supporters like you. You can choose to make your donation to us a 'Zakat donation' by selecting the checkbox in our donation forms.

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