Healthcare the American way

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A cornerstone of the renewal of the Lebanese healthcare industry is a series of investments in hospitals, paradigmatic among which is the project to expand and improve the medical center at the American University of Beirut (AUBMC). First announced two years ago in April 2011, ground was broken on the project last autumn. Construction is currently in the excavation phase for the new, nine-story academic and clinical center on a corner lot once occupied by a low-rise building. Other structures will be razed in the coming years to allow for new units in the massive project. While the excavation activities and an extensive display project the scope of the project, the plan goes significantly beyond developing several physical structures.  “The idea is to make this institution really deliver the best care and maintain an edge in education and research,” says Dr. Mohammed Sayegh, AUB’s vice president of medical affairs and