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now on bbc news, it's time for our world: lebanon on life support. lebanon, on the eastern coast of the mediterranean. after decades of corruption and financial mismanagement, the small nation is now facing a humanitarian crisis. we have gone through war, we have gone through strikes, but this is the worst...the worst that we have gone through. for much of the last year, there has been no government. almost 80% of the population is now living in poverty. the country's public hospitals, a lifeline for many, are struggling to manage.

the patients who are received at the hospital have no other place to go to. just being there is a must. this is the story of lebanon's fight for survival. if lebanon does run out of fuel, a lot of people will lose their lives — it's as simple as that. you realise that you're not the reason they are dying, it's the country they're living in. you can't not fall in love with lebanon. beirut is a place for free spirits to flourish, full of beautiful diversity. it was a true home for me. dr ghaidaa al—saddik is a second—year resident. she has spent much of the last year working on the hospital's

covid ward. i chose medicine because i wanted to deal with my community, my society, my people, my home. i got to live that career and the city i look up to. this is rafik hariri university hospital. it's lebanon's largest public healthcare institution. every year, it treats thousands of the country's poorest patients. i love working in rafik hariri university hospital because it simply receives and hosts those vulnerable populations that are the most in need. even if it's not to the highest of standards or to the best of quality, just being there is a must. dr firas abiad is the hospital director. he was appointed in 2015 and has been widely praised for his work on strengthening

the once—neglected institution. during the covid—i9 pandemic, he became a household name as the hospital took the lead in the country's response. every monday morning, dr abiad tours the hospital wards not to see patients, but to make sure the hospital is still functioning. i think that we are passing through a most difficult situation. so, as our circumstances

are becoming more difficult, the demands on us by patients is increasing, and that has really put us in a very precarious situation. in late 2019, spiralling national debt contributed to the collapse of lebanon's economy. now, the country is facing the highest levels of inflation seen anywhere in the world. almost entirely reliant on imports, the country is now facing massive shortages. a nationwide shortage of fuel has led to sweeping power cuts.

at the hospital, this means relying on their back—up generators for up to 23 hours a day. jihad chihimi is the head of engineering. it's his responsibility to keep the generators running. the lives of the hospital's patients depend on them. if lebanon does run out of fuel, a lot of people will lose their lives — it's as simple as that. with the majority of lebanon's medications also imported, the hospital's pharmacy is running on critically low supplies. here we have the lovenox.

we give that for a patient when he is bedridden. he should take some — at least one of these so that he will not have a blood clot. we have here the dextrose — the 30% dextrose, not available any more. raida bitar is the hospital's chief pharmacist. the shortages have made her work almost impossible. the suppliers say that they are not being able to import the medications because the central bank is not giving them the needed facilities, while the minister of health says that the medications are at the suppliers but the suppliers are not delivering, so that they can sell it at a higher price. every day, i receive calls from doctors and they are asking for certain medications. sometimes, these doctors are asking for the medications for themselves, for their families. but when a medication is not available, it's not available anywhere. these shortages mean a black

market for drugs has developed, for everything from simple painkillers to cancer medications. i have been working here for 16 years and never, never have we passed a certain time like this. we have gone through wars, we have gone through strikes, but this one is the most difficult. the world health organization recently claimed that 40% of doctors have already left the country. those that remain are fast

becoming the minority. i have encountered a lot of doctors and physicians that i admire for staying, that have chosen to step over the income they receive or the conditions they live in, just because they want to be there for the people, for their own communities. if you leave and i leave and everybody leaves, who is going to stay behind to carry on the burden of the healthcare system as a whole? over the last two years, the local currency, the lira, has lost almost 90% of its value. before the crisis, a junior doctor here would have earned around $1,000. now, with inflation, it's less than $100. the junior doctors have decided to strike, calling for part of their shrinking salary

to be paid in dollars. if the strike continues, the hospital risks having to close down essential services. the director has called in members of his staff to explain to them why the hospital can't agree to the demands.

now, we have already raised their salaries — we've given them almost 70% extra — but they want to have 25% of their income in fresh dollars, which is an impossibility because as a hospital, we get paid in lebanese liras.

when you are passing through hardships, it's very important to make sure that we are all rowing in the same direction. unfortunately, that is not what is happening at the moment. 0n the covid ward, a shortage of space means treatment is longer guaranteed. rasha left syria at the start of that country's civil war ten years ago. lebanon became her new home.

for the already vulnerable refugee population, the crisis has been particularly hard. there will be a delay in the management of this baby because there is not a place in the hospital. a delay in management would lead to complications, maybe he will need to be intubated, maybe he needs — he's gonna — he's gonna — one of the complications is probably him dying if he is not transferred to another hospital. cries the logistics and the bureaucracy of the healthcare system as a whole is killing our chances of being good doctors. i think a medical system — successful, proficient system — has many building blocks under it.

one of them is the availability of resources, other is the technology present, others is the logistics, then you have the human resources and so on, and what you see right now is those building blocks crumbling down or disappearing bit by bit. lebanon has been without a government for over a year. essential services and public institutions have become increasingly reliant on international aid. i think unfortunately

not only this hospital, i think at the moment all of lebanon is dependent on aid and i think that the aid that was initially coming mainly for the refugee population now is needed also by the lebanese population as well. but we have to think medium and long—term. this aid definitely is not sustainable. we need to find a way out. the hospital needs to bring the junior doctor strike to an end. they have offered a 100% pay rise, but none of that will be in dollars.

0k. bye. 0k? back on the covid ward, it's another busy shift for dr ghaidaa. so there is a cardiac arrest

in the er and they need a physician to carry on the procedure and, like, know what kind of medication to give and start compressions.

i was a bit shocked because i saw the patient yesterday in the morning and he was fine. he wasn't even complaining, if anything, so to just drop dead like this, it's a bit of a shock to us and i was a bit aggressive because i really wanted him to carry on, but it just didn't happen. but, i mean, this is how it goes. we usually were like "somebody�*s dead? ok, so it's a free bed", right? so... yeah, sorry. there were several nights during my duties where i found myself alone with dying patients and then you look at them and you realise that you're not the reason they're dying, it's the country they're living in.

as the hospital continues to struggle, a surprise breakthrough has seen the formation of a new government. many of those in the new cabinet are from traditional political parties, blamed by many in lebanon for the current crisis. but there were a number of new faces, including dr firas abiad, the hospital director... ..who has been appointed the new public health minister. i think it feels like it's a big responsibility now on my shoulders. i think that there is a lot of expectations, a lot of need

in the country. on one side, i think we are very angry, looking at the state of our country. some of us are very depressed. and at the same time, i feel determined. we don't think that what we are living in is a destiny. if we work hard, we will be able to change this situation. applause

across lebanon, reaction to the new government is mixed. for dr ghaidaa and her colleagues, hope is in short supply. for so many young people in lebanon, thoughts of their future are now focused on when to leave the country. laughs

i genuinely — genuinely, from the bottom of my heart — i do not want to leave. i can adapt, i can go through that, i'm resilient, i can bear. but, i mean, once you realise that i cannot be a well—equipped, efficient, giving doctor, i had to decide to leave. i realise that i am leaving people behind

that are going to suffer. i am in a constant state of guilt.

hello. it's looking like a mild to very mild week ahead but with big variations in rainfall totals. for some it'll be very wet, for others it'll be mainly dry. and here's why. an area of low pressure from tuesday will just sit towards the west of the uk for several days. around it, a weather front will be draped across northern and western parts of the uk, with rain that's going to be quite heavy at times, rainfall totals mounting with a risk of disruption. the jet stream will be just sitting, this dip in it to the west of us, too. we're going to be on the milder side of the jet stream, so again, whether you see rain or it's going to be dry, with air coming up from this direction, well,

as you might imagine, temperatures are going to be above the seasonal average by day and by night. let's take a look at things day by day, then, for the next five days, starting with monday's picture, where it's a day of sunshine and showers, mainly in the west and far south. some are going to push further east during the day, more of the day dry rather than wet with sunny spells, a breeze, and it'll feel a bit fresher out there. and it is a cooler night to come monday night into tuesday morning. but overnight going into tuesday, we'll see some rain moving across northern ireland, reaching into western scotland by morning. the first weather front from that area of low pressure i showed you to the west will move that rain across scotland, parts of northern england on tuesday, bringing a lot of cloud to the north and west with drizzle in places. the winds picking up, as well. but central and eastern england, a dry day with some sunny spells, milderfor all, 17 degrees, for example, in belfast. here's that weather front which is going to sit around the north and west for a few days. on wednesday, it's bringing some heavy rain, initially into northern ireland and scotland, and then it's feeding a little further south on wednesday into more of northern england and wales,

looking really very wet into cumbria, for example, increasingly so into snowdonia. north of that, where we clear the rain from scotland and northern ireland, there'll be a few showers, south—east of that, some sunshine. and look how mild it is, some spots reaching 19 degrees celsius. 0vernight temperatures will be perhaps above where the daytime average is for this time of year. and for thursday, there'll be another pulse of energy along this weather front that will bring the rain a little further northwards. again, some of this is going to be heavy into northern ireland, more of scotland, still impacting in parts of north—west england and north and west wales. windy with the rain, especially through the irish sea, where there could be some gales. yet again, sticking out into the brighter, drier weather, central and eastern parts of england, and this is where we'll see the higher temperatures. for friday it looks as if this weather front is going to begin a move south—eastwards. some uncertainty about the speed of progression of that. it may not look exactly like this by the time we get to friday.

it looks like those areas that have stayed dry for much of the week will eventually get into some rain, whereas where it's been wet, it'll be drier with a few showers around, and you'll notice temperatures are starting to come down a few degrees. just a word about the rainfall, then. as that weather system sits around northern and western areas, rain totals are going to mount, particularly through parts of western scotland, north—west england, in cumbria, the lake district, north—west wales, snowdonia, and this is where we could see some disruption and the risk of flooding. notice, again, the central and eastern parts of england see barely any rain until later in the week. by next weekend, that big dip in the jet stream, contained within low pressure, looks like it's going to begin to move right across the uk. it will bring outbreaks of rain or showers, but as we dip to the colder side of the jet stream, temperatures are going to be gradually dipping down. until then, uneven rain amounts but mild to very mild.

tonight at ten, the chancellor lays out some of his spending priorities ahead of wednesday's budget. billions of pounds for infrastructure, innovation and more — to help grow the british economy after covid. children, schools, skills, all of these things, policing and crime — you will see investment across the board in public services. but labour says the government should be cutting vat on energy bills now to help struggling families. also tonight: senior doctors warn rising covid infections are putting intense pressure on a&e departments in england and join calls for tougher coronavirus rules. the flat owners facing winter with their homes wrapped in plastic, as the government tackles the cladding crisis after grenfell.

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