patients with organ failure
During the past week, the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation represented by the regional office team in Jeddah succeeded in obtaining the approval of relatives of brain-dead patients at Al-Noor Specialized Hospital in Makkah, and their organs were transported by medical evacuation aircraft. Dr. Amal Samdahi, Director of the Regional Office in Jeddah, explained that, thanks to God, (4) kidney transplants and a heart transplant were performed, in addition to two corneal transplants, all of which were successful, thank God. The Director General of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Dr. Faisal Shaheen, directed his thanks and appreciation to Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, Minister of Interior, and to the Minister of Health in charge, Eng. Adel Fakih, as well as to the Air Medical Evacuation Department, for their distinguished efforts in the success of the organ transplant program in the Kingdom. # 02 # Dr. Shaheen also noted the great and distinguished efforts made by the director of Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Dr. Muhammad Bafaraj, Dr. Qasim Al-Khatib, Head of Intensive Care, Dr. Mutlaq Al-Thubaiti, Consultant of Anesthesia, Dr. Mamdouh Kolkataoui, Head of the Department of Neurology and Dr. Hussein Al-Zahrani, Medical Director And the head of operations, Dr. Jamal Bayoumi, the nate director, in order to combine their efforts and make the process of removing and transferring organs of the brain dead to the Al-Noor Hospital in Makkah a success. We pray to Almighty God to have mercy on the deceased and to inspire their families with patience and solace.
