Liver Transplantation sponsored by the Prince of the East
Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Province (may God protect him), King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam, in cooperation with the Association for Revitalizing Organ Donation in the Eastern Province, "Ethar", is holding the seventh forum of the Arab Society for Liver Transplantation, in the presence of a group of experts and interested In the field of liver transplantation from around the world, from January 25-27, at the Le Meridien Hotel Al-Khobar, where the forum reviews the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and liver transplantation by exchanging experiences between liver transplant centers in the Arab world.
In the context, the Executive Director General of King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam, Dr. Yazid bin Abdulrahman Al-Ohali, explained that the seventh meeting of the Arab Society for Liver Transplantation 2018 is one of the most important forums that are held in the field of organ transplantation, as it aims to attend specialists and those interested in the field of liver transplantation to enrich the Arab health sector With a mixture of high level local and international expertise.
He added: The forum also introduces doctors in the region to the most important developments in the diagnosis, treatment and transplantation of the liver, and the most important criteria for carrying out the transplantation process. This helps the patient to be corrected in a timely manner, as it is known that the liver transplantation is as important as the heart transplantation Therefore, the keenness to establish this important forum came through the generous patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nayef Al Saud, Governor of the Eastern Province (may God protect him).
For his part, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Revitalization of Organ Donation in the Eastern Region “Ethar” Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Turki, during the press conference held yesterday evening to talk about the medical forum, expressed his thanks and appreciation on behalf of the Organizing Committee of His Highness the Governor of the Eastern Region and His Deputy (may God protect them) For their support and interest in the association, and the awareness efforts it provides in cooperation with the relevant authorities, including the King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam and the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation in Riyadh.
Al-Turki stressed that this conference is one of the most important conferences that are held in the field of organ transplantation, as it is held every two years, and contains many diverse activities and workshops that are an addition to the health field in the region, pointing out that the association has presented since its inception many awareness programs to support transplantation Organs and encouragement to donate, as well as to reduce the rates of disability that the Kingdom suffers from in obtaining organs from donors, whether they are alive or brain dead, as the association seeks to remove the confusion that occurs in organ transplantation, among which is the legal will to donate organs, which is mandatory for the people of the deceased brain. Fulfilled.
While the president of the conference, Dr. Muhammad Al-Qahtani, stated that the organizing committee of the forum began its preparations for this important international medical forum for all Arab countries and speakers from North America and Korea, and it discusses the most important medical or surgical developments in the field of liver transplantation, indicating that this forum comes at a time when the Kingdom is witnessing There is a major shift in the improvement of services, especially health. According to a clear and ambitious 2030 vision to achieve leadership in all services, in addition to the urgent and existing need to learn about the latest medical methods in treating liver diseases, and how to prevent them due to the presence of numbers of patients in the Kingdom infected with different viruses in the liver exceeding 150 patients in the eastern region on the waiting list for transplantation .
As for the head of the scientific committee at the forum, Dr. Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Jawad, he explained that the forum continues for a period of three days. The first day contains research papers from Arab countries and the second day discusses the challenges facing liver transplantation in the Arab world, and on the third day we will host international experts from North America and Korea. Talking about innovations in liver transplantation, including liver transplantation for children, and the challenges from a surgical and medical point of view, such as virus treatment and immunotherapy after transplantation.
In addition, the Secretary-General of the Ethar Association, Dr. Kamil Salama, considered that the association had succeeded during the last period in obtaining a large number of living donors as well as brain-dead donors, and their organs were taken advantage of, and transplants were performed for patients in coordination with King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam and with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation In Riyadh, revealing that this conference will come out with many important scientific recommendations, and they will be submitted to the competent authorities to take them to reduce the risk of infection with various liver diseases and viruses.
During the press conference, a member of the Good Intercession Committee, Dr. Khaled Abdel Karim, and a member of the Committee Sharifa Al-Barqi, as well as Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Hadi spoke about the role the committee plays in persuading the families of the brain deceased to implement the will of the deceased to donate his organs to benefit from patients suffering from Chronic diseases in hospitals.
