Abu Dhabi: “Al- Khaleej” The medical team of the Interventional Radiology Department at Tawam Hospital - a facility of the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company “SEHA” - succeeded in treating a 75-year-old female citizen who was brought to the emergency department, who suffers from severe stroke symptoms, with loss of ability To speak, move the right side.
As soon as she arrived at the hospital, she underwent the necessary radiological diagnostic tests, which showed that she had a blockage of a large artery feeding the brain. The patient was transferred to the cerebral catheterization department, where the medical staff rushed to remove the clot inside the cerebral vessels, using the latest international technologies available in the hospital, and to restore perfusion to the brain, which helped improve the patient's health condition and restore her ability to speak and move, after only 24 hours.
Therapist Dr. Jamal Al-Qutaish, consultant interventional radiologist, and head of the radiology department at the hospital said that the time factor played a major role in saving the patient, as the awareness of the parents and bringing them to the patient within two hours of the onset of symptoms was one of the most important reasons for the success of the catheter and the improvement of the condition, in addition to Availability of the latest technology, medical skills and expertise in the hospital.
The Department of Interventional Radiology at Tawam Hospital is the newest and largest in the UAE, with the most advanced technologies and the most efficient skills within its specialties. It treats about ten thousand patients annually, within all specialties, and from all over the Emirates and neighboring countries.
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