Beiruting News

At a time when medical centers and hospitals close their doors
and while many doctors have decided to emigrate, the LAU Medical Center- Rizk Hospital
stands more than ever alongside the Lebanese, and invests in a new ultimate and one of its
kind ER department which stretches over 700sqm.
This new state of the art, fully integrated and comprehensive ER with an embedded Medical
Imaging Unit including a CT-Scan, Digital X-Ray, Ultrasound and Mobile Unit, will ensure and
guarantee medical excellence, efficiency, convenience, and most importantly patients safety.

The opening ceremony took place in the presence of the LAU President, Dr. Michel Mawad, Dr.
Georges Ghanem, Chief Medical Officer, Mr. Sami RIzk, Chief Executive Officer, the Director of
the Medical Care Directorate at the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Joseph El Helou as well as
doctors, members of the advisory boards and media representatives.

On the occasion, Dr. Mawad said: “ Loyal to our promise of healing with compassion, and as a
sign of faith and belief in our country, we at LAU Medical Center- Rizk Hospital couldn’t but
pursue our quest to provide a world class Emergency services to our beloved Lebanese
population.”
Despite the economical crisis and all the problems and barriers that are handicaping the
medical field and the limitation that they face on a daily basis, LAU Medical Center- RIzk
hospital launched this new ER department reaffirming its unconditional commitment to
Lebanese population and by guaranteeing to always provide them with the best health care
services.