Cancer patients at St Georges Hospital in Beirut - in pictures

Three-year-old Quin with Blu-Blu the bear, on the pediatric oncology ward at St Georges Hospital in Beirut. All photos: Elizabeth Fitt / The National
Three-year-old Quin with Blu-Blu the bear, on the pediatric oncology ward at St Georges Hospital in Beirut. All photos: Elizabeth Fitt / The National
Quin is receiving chemotherapy for a rare, aggressive sarcoma.
Quin is receiving chemotherapy for a rare, aggressive sarcoma.
She is dependent on NGO, Kids First, both to pay for and find medication that is often in short supply due to Lebanon's economic crisis. Her 85 per cent recovery prognosis has dropped to 45 per cent as medicine shortages delay her treatment.
She is dependent on NGO, Kids First, both to pay for and find medication that is often in short supply due to Lebanon's economic crisis. Her 85 per cent recovery prognosis has dropped to 45 per cent as medicine shortages delay her treatment.
Marwa Younis, left, Quin's mother, is struggling to shoulder the human cost of Lebanon's economic crisis.
Marwa Younis, left, Quin's mother, is struggling to shoulder the human cost of Lebanon's economic crisis.
Thirteen-year-old Charbel Fahed on the oncology ward at St Georges Hospital. Charbel suffers from leukimia and is reliant on donations to complete his treatment cycles as currency depreciation puts imported medicines ever further out of reach of those who need them.
Thirteen-year-old Charbel Fahed on the oncology ward at St Georges Hospital. Charbel suffers from leukimia and is reliant on donations to complete his treatment cycles as currency depreciation puts imported medicines ever further out of reach of those who need them.
Charbel Fahed, 13, and his parents chat with Head Pediatric Oncologist Dr Peter Noun. Charbel suffers from leukemia and is reliant on donations to complete his treatment cycles.
Charbel Fahed, 13, and his parents chat with Head Pediatric Oncologist Dr Peter Noun. Charbel suffers from leukemia and is reliant on donations to complete his treatment cycles.
With none of the usual procurement options available, this fridge is full of medication that staff on the pediatric oncology ward at St Georges Hospital have received as donations or sourced from abroad themselves.
With none of the usual procurement options available, this fridge is full of medication that staff on the pediatric oncology ward at St Georges Hospital have received as donations or sourced from abroad themselves.
Dr Noun is determined to keep his practice's 84% recovery rate. So far he has managed to ensure not a single patient has missed a medication cycle, despite dire economic conditions in Lebanon causing medicine shortages and making families of many children in his care unable to pay for treatment.
Dr Noun is determined to keep his practice's 84% recovery rate. So far he has managed to ensure not a single patient has missed a medication cycle, despite dire economic conditions in Lebanon causing medicine shortages and making families of many children in his care unable to pay for treatment.