Hospital saves Jenin''s life
Last week, a medical team at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh succeeded in saving the life of a fetus suffering from a congenital deformity in the respiratory tract that led to a complete obstruction of the airway, in a rare and high-risk operation that is performed for the first time in the hospital.
Dr. Haitham Badr, Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, confirmed that the 19-year-old mother had visited the hospital’s pregnancy follow-up clinics and it was found during the radiological examination that there was a congenital anomaly in the respiratory tract of the fetus.
He said: The case was presented to a team of specialist doctors in the high-risk pregnancy clinic led by Nouf Al-Ajaji and Ilham Al-Mardawi, the obstetrics and gynecology consultants, as the appropriate treatment plan was developed for the mother and fetus and the date of caesarean section was determined based on the age of the fetus. In cooperation with Muhammad Al-Hussaini, Consultant Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Abeer Miqdad, Pediatric Intensive Care Consultant, and a number of specialists.
He added: The patient felt the pain of childbirth and came to the emergency department in the middle of the night in an early delivery two weeks before her scheduled date, and the nate obstetrics and gynecology consultant, Dr. Abdullah Al-Shehri, who conducted some clinical and laboratory examinations and the necessary rumors, which showed that the mother is in a state of delivery and the uterus is open by 4 cm, and the fetus is in a state of seat orientation, and in light of this, the doctor urgently called the medical team consisting of 19 specialists and guided the fetus before surgery while it was inside The uterus turned upright, in order to preserve its life, then the cesarean section was performed and the fetus was removed from the uterus incompletely while keeping it connected to the placenta and the mother''s blood circulation, and the installation of ventilators for the fetus and a hole to breathe in the neck in a rapid operation that was performed within a short period of time. 20 minutes, and then complete the cesarean section for the mother.
Haitham explained that, thanks to God Almighty, and then with the efforts of the consultants and the entire Saudi medical staff, the life of the fetus was saved and transferred in a stable condition for intensive care, and the mother left the hospital while she was in good health.
For his part, Muhammad Al-Hussaini, consultant pediatric otolaryngology and head of the department, revealed that this case is one of the rare cases in the world, as the incidence of one fetus is between every 50,000 fetuses, stressing that it needs an integrated medical team with high efficiency and great experience until He can preserve the life of the fetus in a very short time by opening the airway or making a breathing hole in the neck of the newborn.
The girl’s parents expressed their thanks to the Almighty for the success of the operation and the safety of their daughter and her mother, then to the officials at the Ministry of Interior, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, who provided this medical facility with all the necessary facilities to provide medical services comparable to what is provided in advanced countries.
They also expressed their gratitude to the hospital administration, and to all the medical staff for their efforts to preserve the life of their daughter. The girl’s father said: “We feel proud and proud of the medical competencies that this medical edifice contains.
