The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) says it has concluded its voluntary medical outreach for open-heart surgery and cardiac catheterisation in Kano.
The five-day campaign, which ran from August 18 to 22, brought together a 25-member team of skilled Saudi medical volunteers who performed dozens of complex procedures.
The project in Kano was part of KSrelief’s broader global programme of voluntary medical interventions, which has had significant impacts in many countries.
In a statement on Friday, the centre said Saudi Arabia, through KSrelief, has been leading the delivery of critical medical interventions and aid to vulnerable communities worldwide.
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In Yemen, the centre’s teams performed dozens of open-heart surgeries and over 140 cardiac catheterisations in Mukalla.
Also in Tanzania, KSrelief specialists performed paediatric open-heart surgeries for children who otherwise lacked access to advanced cardiac care.
In Mauritania, the centre pioneered 37 minimally invasive laparoscopic heart surgeries, a rare and costly procedure in many parts of Africa.
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According to the statement, similar missions have been conducted in Indonesia, where open-heart surgeries were performed in Medan.
Other countries are Uzbekistan, where more than 80 procedures were carried out in Tashkent, and Tajikistan, where the centre’s volunteers completed 15 open-heart surgeries and over 130 catheterisations in Dushanbe earlier this year.
Officials from KSrelief said the initiative underscores Saudi Arabia’s commitment to providing critical healthcare to vulnerable communities worldwide.
They said the projects were designed to alleviate suffering, provide quality healthcare at no cost to patients, and demonstrate the Kingdom’s readiness to support communities in need across continents.
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