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The catastrophic situation in Lebanon is forcing US-trained emergency doctor Nour al-Jalbout to depart from her homeland, within two years of her return, despite desperately wanting to serve her people.

Nour was working in August when tonnes of fertiliser exploded in the nearby port.

She later discovered that her own flat had been badly affected by the disaster.

Experiencing its worst economic crisis since the civil war 30 years ago, Lebanon has been overwhelmed.

Multiple crises have been caused by the pandemic, civil unrest, corruption and political instability.

Doctors' earnings have plummeted, savings are inaccessible, and even hospitals lack funding for vital drugs.

Through no choice of her own, Nour will be joining hundreds of other doctors making the heart-breaking decision to pursue careers elsewhere.

This leaves Lebanon, once famed as 'the hospital of the Middle East', devoid of its brightest talent.

But Nour will not leave without regret.

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