Heart Transplant
Saudi and UAE Collaboration Saves Life of 7-Year-Old Through Cross-Border Heart Transplant
The operation relied on precise coordination from organ extraction to air transport and rapid surgery preparation in Riyadh. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh has successfully performed a life-saving heart transplant on a 7-year-old Saudi child using an organ donated by a brain-dead donor in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The […]
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Heart Transplant Restores Hope for Young Girl and 37 Children Awaiting Donors
KFSHRC, Riyadh Traffic, and SCOT Join Forces Riyadh, August 22 King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh successfully performed a heart transplant for a two-and-a-half-year-old girl following an eight-month wait for a donor. During this period, the hospital became her temporary home after doctors decided to implant a heart pump due to a severe […]