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The activities of the International Conference on Advances in Pediatric Surgery, organized by the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, will start on Monday, in the main lecture hall of the hospital’s social center, and will continue for four days.

The head of the pediatric surgery department at the Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh and the head of the conference organizing committee, Dr.Muhammad Tarheeb Al-Muhaidli, explained that this conference is attended by a number of specialists and lecturers, from America, Canada and France, in addition to a number of prominent consultants from within the Kingdom.

He indicated that the conference will discuss the latest developments in pediatric surgery and laparoscopic surgery, in addition to the latest developments in neonatal surgery, congenital malformations of children and pediatric tumors.

Dr. Al-Muhaidli indicated that the conference is accredited by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties with 23 hours of continuing medical education.

It is worth noting that the conference comes as an extension of previous conferences that aim to raise the level of medical and curative service provided to patients.