Scots surgeon tells of 'horrendous devastation' after Beirut blast
humanitarian catastrophe facing the people of Beirut after last week’s deadly blast as he helps coordinate the UK response. Surgeon Andy Kent, based at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, flew to the Lebanese capital within days of the explosion which killed more than 200 and injured 6,000 more.He told the Record how a career in the army, including both Gulf Wars, failed to prepare him for the sheer scale of the devastation and a health system on the point of collapse.The 56-year-old married father-of-four said: “I did 17 years in the army but I don’t think any amount of training could prepare you for that volume of casualties in such a short space of time.