Charity hospital will open in Deir Al-Ahmar

The Maronite Diocese of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar will open Charity Hospital in Deir Al Ahmar in early 2019.

The total built-up area of the hospital will be 11,000 square meters (m2). It will include 89 beds, along with an emergency care unit, laboratories, operation rooms, and a radiology department.

“There is large shortage in medical services in the region”, said Sister Lina Abbas, a representative from the Maronite Diocese. The nearest hospital is 30 minutes away from Deir Al-Ahmar. The hospital recently gained a license from the Ministry of Public Health, although it had been submitted several decades ago.

Investment in the hospital is estimated at $10 million. The hospital is funded by charities from local and expatriate donors, as well as foreign embassies.

The contractor is George Khoury.

The hospital will create around 300 jobs.