KSrelief concludes open-heart surgery project in Yemen

Medical volunteers from the Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief successfully performed 25 free open-heart surgeries in Yemen’s Aden governorate recently, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.

The members of the mission, which took place from March 11 to 18, also performed 65 cardiac catheterization procedures and six transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures.

Twelve volunteers participated in the mission, a joint project of KSrelief and the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen.

This was a part of KSrelief’s free medical program that is being implemented worldwide, the SPA report stated.