Israel Finally Lifts Sea Blockade Spelling Relief for Beirut Hospital

Israel's lift of the sea blockade of Lebanon is good news for Beirut's American University Hospital, which stared down a fuel shortage that threatened to bring operations to a halt....

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September 8, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Disaster Averted: Oil on the Way for the Beirut's Besieged American University Hospital

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah may offer an end to fighting, but it's just the beginning of the work ahead for American University Hospital in Beirut. Hospital officials say...

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August 15, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Despondent American University President Sees "No Relief in Sight"

The American University Hospital in Beirut is still without its fuel shipment although oil tankers wait just outside Lebanese waters. Today, the owners explained why. The owners of the oil...

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August 10, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (13)

Confusion on the High Seas: American Hospital Still Short on Oil

Despite a swirl of rumors, the oil tanker Afrodite is still waiting in the Mediterranean, and the American University Hospital is still waiting for its shipment of fuel. And time...

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August 8, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Stalemate on High Seas: Still No Fuel for Beirut Hospital

The oil tanker Afrodite is still wading in the Mediterranean, and the American University Hospital is still waiting for its shipment of fuel. A U.N. official in Beirut confirmed that...

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August 4, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (34)

Readers Respond to "Beirut's ER: Time's Running Out"

"Beirut's ER: Time's Running Out" garnered hundreds of comments from concerned readers, who, until reading the blotter, had been unaware of the hospital's dire situation. Unlike many in the past...

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August 3, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (27)

Beirut Hospital: Oil Still Out of Reach

As the American University Hospital in Beirut uses the last of its oil, the best chance for more sits on an oil tanker called the Afrodite waiting off the Lebanese...

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August 2, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (34)

Beirut ER: Time's Running Out

There is not much time left before the lights will go out at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Oil tankers ready to deliver the much-needed fuel are standing...

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July 31, 2006 in Beirut Hospital Out of Gas | Permalink | User Comments (2928)