King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah governorate succeeded in carrying out three operations to repair stomach hernia "diaphragm" and "acid reflux" for three patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, using gastroscopy from the inside instead of performing the usual surgeries for such patients .. These interventions are considered The gastric endoscopy is the first time in the Middle East, and it takes place in the university hospital coinciding with the holding of the first international conference of surgery next week. The operations were performed by Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Ashi, consultant and professor of surgery and endoscopy, and Dr. Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Saeed Sabiani, consultant and associate professor of surgery and endoscopy. A consultant anesthesiologist d. Tariq Nasreddin Leader, and Dr. Ayman Ahmed Abdel Latif.

Dr. Adnan bin Abdullah Al-Mazroua, Dean of the College of Medicine, stated that the three operations were completed with complete success, praise be to God, and the patients were discharged from the hospital in good health after twenty-four hours of the operations. His Excellency stated that this type of operation is one of the latest scientific developments in the field of surgery in general and in the field of endoscopic surgery in particular, and he also stressed that such operations are taking place today for the first time in King Abdulaziz University Hospital, in the interest of the university to transfer the latest technology to the Kingdom, explaining that The University Hospital receives all the support and care from our wise government and the wise leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, may God protect him.