DUBAI, 7th June, 2023 (WAM) The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) launched an Organ Donation awareness campaign at its headquarters in Al Jaddaf on the occasion of World Transplant Day, which is observed every year on 6th June.The campaign includes a series of awareness roadshows across public and governmental organisations, hospitals, and public spaces such as malls.The first roadshow recently took place at the flydubai Campus. The awareness campaign aims to support HAYAT, the registry for the National Programme for Organ Donation and Transplantation, by.
Dubai, June 7: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) launched an Organ Donation awareness campaign at its headquarters in Al Jaddaf on the occasion of World Transplant Day, which is observed every year on June 6.
Mediclinic City Hospital’s transplant centre, established in 2018, has grown to become one of the leading centres for transplantations in the region.
Led by Dr Waldo Concepcion, Dr Ramzi Abou Ayache and a team of specialists, the centre has been a pioneer in the field of transplant surgery and has transformed the UAE organ transplant landscape. To date, 37 solid organ transplants, the highest number in Dubai, have been carried out on adults with a 100 per cent graft and patient survival rate. “Our vision is for Mediclinic City Hospital to be a beacon of hope for transplant surgeries, not only in Dubai but internationally,” says Dr Concepcion.
The transplant centre offers patients suffering from end stage renal disease an alternative to dialysis, which in turn provides them a better quality of life. Both deceased donor and live donor transplants are performed at the transplant centre, offering families the opportunity to explore the option of being a live kidney donor.
The UAE-based, Dr Ved P Goswami, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, FRCS MS MCh Orth (UK), has performed the first computer-assisted shoulder replacement surgery in the.
UAE-based Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Ved P. Goswami, FRCS, MS, MCh Orth (UK), has performed the first computer-assisted shoulder replacement surgery in the Middle East, using a new technology allowing live navigation of the operative site.
The technology, ExactechGPS Total Shoulder Application, provides the surgeon with a real-time 3D computer model of a patient’s shoulder during surgery. It does this by combining CT scan images with data from instruments mounted with tiny infrared cameras. The software allows the surgeon to guide a bone drill mounted with an infrared camera to the exact location plotted out during pre-op planning and determine drilling depth, screw placement and the ability to adjust the pre-op surgical plan, if necessary. The cameras communicate with a computer tablet that displays a digital model of the patient’s shoulder, showing a drill location like a dot on a smartphone’s map app.
The software allows surgeons to virtually plan the operation using a