For first time, Kurdish surgeon performs heart surgery without opening chest

A doctor at Shar Hospital performs heart surgery without opening the chest and says people do not need to go abroad for such surgery.

"We have succeeded in performing four heart surgeries without opening the chest, which is the first time that such surgery will be performed at the Kurdistan Region and Iraq in general," said Hemin Abdulrahman, a surgeon who performed the surgery with his staff at a press conference.

"All four surgeries have been successful, and the patients are stable," he said.

"Most patients with heart diseases are afraid of opening the chest, and they do not allow the surgery," he said.

"The cost of this surgery is not significantly different from chest surgery, so the patient will not be concerned about the cost," Dr. Hemin Abdulrahman said.



PUKmedia