raeda is the head pharmacist at lebanon's biggest public hospital, rafic hariri in beirut. as well as struggling to keep the hospital and its life-saving equipment running with so little power, they're constantly short of vital medications. so a lot of these shelves are empty, what are you missing at the moment? >> i'm missing a lot. most of the time i'm missing antibiotics. >> reporter: the cupboards are bare. they've struggled to get the drugs they need since the economy took a nosedive two years ago. but now the shortages aren't just threatening lives; they're taking them. >> it's a disaster. >> reporter: and you experienced this yourselwith a member of your family? >> ( translated ): yes, my brother in law. he couldn't find his medication at several pharmacies. he thought it's okay, he can survive without it for a few days. but what actually happened is he had a brain hemorrhage, and later on he died. medication that cost 15,000. >> reporter: that's less than a dollar now. that shouldn't happen, that's not supposed to happen. >> reporter: cardiac units across lebanon ha