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HMC doctors hail ‘milestone’ success of Qatar’s first lung transplant

Qatar’s HMC achieved another milestone after succeeding with its first lung transplant operation. Doctors involved in Qatar’s organ transplant programme successfully conducted a lung transplant operation on a 39-year-old Qatari…

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‘Barbaric’ new weight loss device causes global outrage

The device developed by researchers from New Zealand and the UK has come under fire for its ‘barbaric’ mechanism. A new weight loss device developed by researchers from New Zealand…

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Qatar hospitals team up for first surgery to remove uterine tumours

The surgery is the first of its kind in Qatar. Al Fardan Medical and Northwestern Medicine announced on Thursday the first ever surgery conducted in Qatar to preserve fertility and…

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Sidra Medicine launches women’s aesthetic clinic

Sidra Medicine appoints international experienced surgeons to operate in the newly-launched Women’s Aesthetic Surgery and Medicine clinic. Sidra Medicine announced on Saturday a recent upgrade offering women exclusive services with…

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Qatar Red Crescent launches $1.4mn ‘life-changing’ surgical services in Gaza

At a total cost of $1.4 million, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) launched a project aiding Gaza patients with critical medical conditions. QRCS inaugurated a program in occupied Palestine aiming…

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More than 500 surgeries conducted at Hamad’s Heart Hospital last year

Despite pandemic challenges, medical professionals at Hamad Medical Corporation [HMC] were able to save hundreds of lives last year. HMC’s Heart Hospital performed a total of 527 cardiac surgical procedures…

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Qatar based doctors on surgical mission saving lives in Somalia

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a surgical mission in Somalia to help up to 200 patients. A local team of surgeons from Doha has travelled to the Somali…

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Al Ahli doctors perform life-changing surgery on ‘woman with huge uterus’

Al Ahli Hospital saves the life of a woman with a uterus that is over three times larger than normal. Al-Ahli Hospital’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department team performed an extraordinary …

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HMC surgeons reattach worker’s severed hand after onsite accident

A 29-year-old Nepali man who lost his hand while operating heavy machinery has had it successfully reattached by a surgical team at Rumailah Hospital. The man, whose name has not…

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