Beirut Blast: Creating Our Expectations Through Heartbreak

Abdallah, Wael; Khalil, Khalil; Najib, Bernard; Kassis, Nadine El; Atallah, David

doi:10.2144/fsoa-2020-0171

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“…The explosion destroyed at least four hospitals in ground zero that have been serving as essential healthcare facilities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and welcoming hundreds of patients on the daily. This blast have not only deprived the Lebanese population from their loved ones, but also deprived the Lebanese healthcare system from immense infrastructure, wounded and killed nursing and medical staff in service, as well as wasted immense load of medical resources that were supposed to help in responding to the pandemic (Abdallah et al, 2020; El Sayed, 2020).…”

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The psychological experiences of Lebanese ground zero front-line nurses during the most recent COVID-19 outbreak post Beirut blast: A qualitative study

Fawaz

Itani

2021

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: For the past 2 months the number of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon has been on the rise, while frontline nurses after the Beirut Blast of August 4th have been practicing through limited resources and a challenging context. Aim: This paper aims at exploring the psychological experiences of Lebanese frontline nurses serving at ground zero hospital during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Setting: This study was carried out in three main ground-zero hospitals in Beirut which are receiving COVID-19 cases. Method: This study have employed a phenomenological exploratory qualitative research design, where virtual interviews were conducted with 18 frontline nurses during the second week of January 2021. Results: Thematic analysis of the data expressed by the frontline nurses working in the approached ground-zero hospitals gave rise to five themes, namely ‘helplessness and impending doom’, ‘increased mortality rates and depressive mood’, ‘fear of death and obsessive thinking’, ‘flashbacks, panic, and incompetence’, and ‘public recklessness, governmental responsibility, and anger‘. Conclusion: The frontline nurses working at ground zero hospitals in Beirut are facing significant psychological challenges that should be mediated by the government and health policymakers in order to safeguard the quality of care and avoid higher mortality rates.

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