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Sep 14, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Head of PCR testing at a hospital not only refused to wear a mask but mocked those waiting in line for a test, saying they are wasting their time and he hopes everyone gets Coronavirus “to be done with it.” He shouted like a militiaman when asked to wear a mask: “This is my lab”!
When I turned my back on this doctor, he tried to push in the door of the testing area, banging on it as if ready for a fist fight, still yelling in a tight space with no mask. He then chased me and my barely walking father to the hospital exit door claiming he already had Corona
Asked around and others complained about him not wearing a mask. One even claimed he is head of testing at Beirut Airport. Not verified. Dilema is how to report and to whom when you are depending on the same hospital for upcoming surgery and no gurantee this won’t come back to us
This is one of the fundamental problems in #Lebanon: if you report violent officials, what guarantee do you have they won’t come after you? What oversight body exists or is empowered to protect you? None. It’s not about six men on top-it’s a systemic lack of control at all levels
I’ve filed a detailed complaint w/ @mophleb I hope Minister @Hamad_hassan20 can follow up on this basic lack of #PPE and harassment of patients at Coronavirus testing facility CC @firassabiad I’ve had many great doctors in Lebanon- this experience is not representative #Covid_19

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Jul 6, 2023
. @AirFrance told CNN blood and feces I sat in was a “low to nonexistent” risk. Doctors disagree. “In a hospital setting this would’ve been treated as contamination and a biohazard…The plane should have been taken out of service until properly cleaned” cnn.it/3NA5tLM
“This is a very unhygienic situation, and we don’t know what the passenger was suffering from or whether it was infective,” said Dr. Richard Dawood. “There are lots of blood-borne viral infections – hepatitis B, C, HIV…
“There lots of things passengers do on planes that involve eating and using their hands, and it’s not very easy to wash hands on a plane, it’s crowded, and it’s very easy for people to contaminate surfaces.” In fact, the diarrhea may have been more hazardous than the blood.
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Jul 1, 2023
I've seen a few things in my life, but the horrific blood-soaked carpet on my @airfrance plane yesterday was another level! An hour into the transatlantic flight from Paris to Toronto, I kept smelling something gross and couldn't figure it out. Until I got up and looked down...(1
I noticed a big stain across the whole carpet of the seats. It was wet to touch. At first the @airfrance attendant shrugged and gave me some wipes. In my broken French told her it smelled like merde (shit). Then the wipes came up blood red. I used over a dozen of them... (2



I took out my backpack from under the seat and the strap was soaked in blood too. I got on my hands and knees and cleaned for half an hour. The @airfrance staff gave me gloves and more wipes. Then they casually noted a passenger had hemorrhaged on a flight before ours. (3
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