Heart Hospital performs over 500 cardiac surgical procedures in 2020
21 Jan 2021 - 8:06
The Peninsula
Doha: Heart Hospital, a member of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), safely performed 527 cardiac surgical procedures in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2012, surgical teams at the hospital have performed more than 3,000 procedures.
Heart Hospital is a specialist tertiary hospital committed to delivering high quality care in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery for the adult population of Qatar. This care couldn’t be provided without the assistance of highly trained and certified perfusionists.
A team of highly trained professionals, perfusionists, are key members of the surgical team at the Heart Hospital and play a vital role providing support and critical care during any procedure where a patient’s circulatory or respiratory system needs to be supported or replaced.