The Lebanese Red Cross announced, in a statement, that “as a whole year, and keeping up with the celebrations on the occasion of the new year, and in response to calls for emergency and immediate relief, the Lebanese Red Cross has placed all the centers of ambulance and emergency teams and its operating rooms in a state of full readiness on most of the Lebanese territory, supported by paramedics, who numbered Approximately 800 male and female paramedics and about 190 ambulances, calls were received on the emergency number 140, and the number of emergency cases that were transferred or responded to by the Lebanese Red Cross reached from 2:00 pm yesterday, Saturday, December 31, 2022 until 7:00 pm. 00:00 this morning, Sunday, January 1, 2023, a total of 423 humanitarian cases distributed as follows:
• 17 injuries from traffic accidents
• 5 injured as a result of problems
• 10 cases of drunkenness, vomiting and fatigue
• 11 heart cases
• 13 cases of cardiopulmonary revival
• 239 diverse emergency missions
• 128 regular ambulance missions
And the Red Cross announced that “the number of reported traffic accidents for the Lebanese Red Cross operations amounted to 15 accidents, and the blood transfusion centers in Beirut (Spears) and Tripoli, which accompanied New Year’s Eve, met the demand for blood units according to the requests received from hospitals and on the hotline 1760, in addition to In addition, and in coordination with the Lebanese Army, the Lebanese Red Cross accompanied yesterday evening the process of rescuing the surviving people who were on board the boat that sank off Selaata after they were transferred by the Lebanese Army to the port of Tripoli, where the Lebanese Red Cross crews worked to provide basic supplies for everyone, including food. And water and psychological support, as well as first aid for those in need, and two bodies and 4 various health cases were transported, all of them to the region’s hospitals.
The Lebanese Red Cross confirmed that it is still continuing to perform its humanitarian tasks and to respond to calls on the free emergency number 140, as well as receiving calls to help provide blood units and any medical advice about cholera, corona or other diseases on the hotline 1760.