Located in Baabda, on a green hill overlooking the Capital Beirut, the Chronic Care Center welcomes and supports the medical treatment of young thalassemic and diabetic children from Lebanon and the region.
In a modern and pleasant surrounding, the Center provides young patients with a high quality therapeutic surveillance, a strict medical follow-up and a regular psychosocial orientation under the supervision of a multidisciplinary team of specialized doctors, nurse educators, social workers, a dietitian and a psychologist. This unique approach empowers to patients and their families to accept their chronic condition and learn how to deal with it.
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While treatment and orientation remain at the core of its mission, the Center also deploys great efforts at promoting its preventive role. Through its extensive information and health education campaigns organized by the Prevention Unit, and the studies carried on in its Genetics Research Laboratory, the Center aims at building up healthy generations.
Services & Auxiliary Units
The Hematology Unit is located on the first floor.
It includes a day hospital for the treatment of thalassemic patients, a blood bank and a laboratory.
The Diabetes Unit is located on the third floor. It includes general and specialized clinics as well as education and demonstration rooms.
The Social Service, the Library & the Prevention Unit are located in the left wing of the second floor.
The Genetic Research Laboratory is located in the right wing of the second floor.
The Administration and the Pharmacy are located on the ground floor.
The first basement is reserved to three auxiliary units:
the Auditorium, the Cafeteria & the Gift Corner.
The second basement includes the stores and the parking.
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