Central Hospital
A medical team at Asir Central Hospital succeeded in performing two operations by robotic surgeon on a patient weighing 157 kg. From Dr. Dhafer Al-Shehri, Head of the Department of General Surgery, Dr. Khaled Kara, Dr. Baher Obeidat, Dr. Mansour Al-Jaafari, and from anesthesia Dr. Hassan Al-Barqi and Dr. Sumaya, the two operations were crowned with success, praise be to God.
This was explained by the official spokesman for the health of the Asir region, Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Naqir, and said that the technique of the robotic surgeon is used in multiple specialties, such as urology and thoracic surgery.
For his part, Dr. Issam B Atiyah said that the robotic surgeon technology gives the surgeon a very safe and three-dimensional vision, especially during the difficulties that the surgeon faces in difficult cases in severe obesity operations, and he used the Da Vinci si HD robotic surgeon.
Batiah added that the robotic surgeon technology was achieved under the directives of the general supervisor of the hospital, Dr. Ayed bin Abdullah Al-Shahrani, where the supplies for the robotic surgeon were provided and with the direct support of the Director General of Health Affairs in the Asir region, Dr. Muhammad Al-Habdan. Asir Central Hospital is a specialized center for the treatment of obesity, under the supervision of an integrated medical team Within the ministry''s plan that aims to treat this disease, according to statistics, the number of patients has increased as a result of lack of exercise and unhealthy eating.
