King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center managed to restore hope to three patients of different ages (two men and one girl) suffering from heart muscle weakness and failure, after the successful transfer of donor heartbeats in Jeddah, the capital city of Abu Dhabi. , and Riyadh, and transport to the hospital residence for three patients in less than 24 hours.
A team of doctors from King Faisal Specialist Hospital successfully transplanted donor hearts
The journey to bring hope back to the three patients began with teams of doctors moving from the Heart Specialist Center to Abu Dhabi and Jeddah to remove hearts from brain-dead donors, airlifted to the capital, Riyadh, and a team of doctors moving from the Specialist Heart Center to King Abdulaziz Medical City for the third heart of the National Guard Center to remove
Three heart transplants for patients in less than 24 hours
The three hearts were transported by ambulance, and in cooperation with the Riyadh Regional Traffic Department, it helped speed up the arrival of the hearts in a short period of time to the “KFSH&RC”, where the three transplant operations were performed in less than a day. 24 hours
The Journey of Returning Hope: coordination and implementation actions to save patients
In coordination between the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation and the National Donation Programorgan transplant And matching human tissue (Hayat) donors from the United Arab Emirates were provided, and Specialized Medicine traveled from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi and Jeddah to remove hearts from brain-dead donors.
The girl’s story: Saving the life of a patient with a weak heart muscle by transplanting a new heart
The first patient was a nine-year-old girl with a weak heart muscle who was saved by an artificial pump implanted last March. He was in the hospital because he couldn’t rely on the pump and was waiting for a donor to become available.
Challenge and success: the medical team manages to overcome obstacles to perform surgical operations
Given the availability of a donor, the “specialist” medical team traveled from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi, and operated to remove the heart from the brain-dead donor Heart by air to King Khalid International Airport and then by ambulance to the hospital headquarters in Riyadh, and Dr. Zuhair, Heart A team of doctors led by the Chief Surgical Consultant transplanted the baby.
At the same time, another team of doctors went to the Royal Abdulaziz Medical City for the Jeddah National Guard to remove the heart from a brain-dead donor – may God have mercy – and transport it to Riyadh, and the heart. the forty-year-old patient was successfully transplanted by a team of doctors led by a consultant heart surgeon and program leader. Heart transplant Dr. Firas Khalil in “Al-Takassisi”.
The third patient, a 41-year-old man, had heart failure of the fourth degree, as a result of which he was implanted with an artificial pump a year ago when a brain-dead donor matched to the patient was available in the Medical City of the National Guard in Riyadh, the medical team went to remove the heart. The donor was taken to the hospital where a medical team led by Dr. Firas Khalil performed a successful operation and the patient is currently undergoing medical follow-up.
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
That is mentioned King Faisal Specialist Hospital The research center was ranked number one in the Middle East and Africa and number 20 globally for the second consecutive year in the list of the top 250 academic health institutions worldwide, and the most valuable health brand in the Kingdom and the Middle East. East, according to the 2024 “Finance Brand”. In the same year, it was ranked among the 250 best hospitals in the world by Newsweek magazine.
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