"As of August 7, at 18:30, 79 patients were received, in total for two days - 92 people," TASS quotes the head of the medical department of the Centrospas detachment of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Alexei Skorobulatov.

Among the total number of patients admitted to the hospital, 12 are children.

It is specified that mainly trauma and surgical patients are admitted.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin suggested, during an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council, to discuss the possibility of additional measures to help Lebanon after the explosion in the port of Beirut.