Hundreds of disillusioned doctors leave Lebanon, in blow to healthcare

Hundreds of disillusioned doctors leave Lebanon, in blow to healthcare

Some of those who can leave the country have done so, and an increasing number of them are doctors and surgeons, many at the top of their profession. With them goes Beirut's proud reputation as the medical capital of the Middle East."This is a mass exodus," said Boulos, Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB)."It will keep on going," he told Reuters. "If I had hope I would have stayed but I have no hope - not in the near nor in the intermediate future - for Lebanon."As he spoke at his mountain residence in Beit Mery, a forested area with sweeping views over Beirut, his wife helped pack up their last possessions, ready to return to the United States.Suitcases lined the