rheumatism patients from permanent disability

The General Authority for Endowments, in cooperation with the Charitable Association for Rheumatology Patients Care, saved 60 rheumatic patients from verified disability, as part of the first phase of the "Able" initiative to perform joint replacement operations for rheumatism patients.

According to a number of consultant orthopedic surgeons and rheumatologists who supervised the operations, the patients were in a critical condition that was about to cause them permanent disability before they underwent operations.

A consultant orthopedic surgeon d. Ahmed bin Saleh Al-Ghamdi on the extent to which rheumatism patients benefit from joint replacement operations: Joint replacement is one of the most successful and effective surgical interventions, which makes them more active and vital.

It is recommended d. Al-Ghamdi generally performs the operation as a last resort when joint pain and inability to move cannot be effectively managed through any other treatments, stressing that the operation contributes to getting rid of painkillers and their side effects, as well as reducing the financial burden on the patient and society alike.

Regarding some cases that have undergone surgery to replace the affected joints due to rheumatic diseases, consultant orthopedic surgeon Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Maawi: A woman in the fifties had problems with the pelvic joint due to rheumatism and had complications and bacterial infection in the pelvic region, and she stopped walking for seven years. The second after the operation.

Adds d. Al-Maawi: The suffering of patients continues until the operation is performed. For example, there is a patient who has had two knee joints installed and the third joint waits for his joint movement cycle to complete and then performs his daily tasks normally, and it is known that patients suffer because of the long waiting lists, and the “Qadir” initiative has accelerated Get timely diagnosis and surgery for patients, especially those who need urgent surgical intervention to replace a joint.

For his part, the Chairman of the Society''s Board of Directors, Dr. Mohammed bin Ahmed Hamza Omair thanked the General Authority for Endowments, as 60 of them were successfully implemented in the first phase, and this greatly and remarkably contributed to the improvement in the lives of rheumatism patients who underwent detailed change operations, as their need was dire for the operation in pursuit of the association in creating A radical change in their lives, in addition to that this contributes to reducing waiting lists from government hospitals and speeding up operations in order to avoid the occurrence of disability, indicating that the association tended to establish community partnerships with the private sector to raise the ceiling of the number of operations and accelerate the pace of work on the project to conduct the largest possible number of operations In a short time.

In a related context, the Executive Director General, Muhammad Al-Tufayli Al-Zahrani, expressed his thanks to the authority and those in charge of it represented by the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority of Endowments Eng. Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi, for the great services they provide to the homeland and the citizen, appreciating the authority''s growing role in the success of the community partnership between it and the association, which resulted in the "Qadir" initiative.

Al-Tufayli pointed out that one of the beneficiaries was paralyzed 27 years ago, and four out of six operations were performed, after which he was able to walk, prostrate and kneel, stressing the association’s keenness to improve the quality of life of rheumatism patients and enable them to practice their daily lives in a normal way, and its endeavor to establish more partnerships The community works with those wishing to serve the beneficiaries, indicating at the same time that the beneficiaries of the operations range from 25 to 58 years old.