KSrelief team carries out 9 open-heart surgeries in Yemen

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A medical project for cardiac surgery and catheterization ended in Aden governorate, with the team performing nine open-heart surgeries and 52 therapeutic and diagnostic catheterization procedures. (SPA)
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A medical project for cardiac surgery and catheterization ended in Aden governorate, with the team performing nine open-heart surgeries and 52 therapeutic and diagnostic catheterization procedures. (SPA)
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Updated 20 September 2025
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KSrelief team carries out 9 open-heart surgeries in Yemen

RIYADH: Saudi aid agency KSrelief continues to provide critical support to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities, including in Yemen.

Recently, a medical project for cardiac surgery and catheterization ended in Aden governorate, with the team performing nine open-heart surgeries and 52 therapeutic and diagnostic catheterization procedures. The scheme, which took place over a week from Sept. 13-20, included 12 medical volunteers.




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The agency has also recently started a campaign to help those affected by burns and deformities who need plastic surgery.

Since it began the team, which includes 17 volunteers from various medical specialties, has examined 23 cases and conducted 25 surgical procedures.

 

 


KSrelief mobile clinics provide medical services to Yemen patients

Updated 12 February 2026
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KSrelief mobile clinics provide medical services to Yemen patients

RIYADH: Mobile clinics operated by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) provided medical services to 558 patients in Yemen between January 21 and January 27, state news agency SPA reported.

In Hayran district of Hajjah Governorate, KSrelief’s epidemic disease control clinic saw 190 patients, the emergency clinic handled 96 cases, the internal medicine clinic served 65 beneficiaries and the health awareness and education clinic served four beneficiaries. Medications were dispensed to 351 individuals while the surgery and dressing unit treated 10 patients with injuries.

In the Abs district also of Hajjah Governorate, 203 patients were provided services from epidemic disease control, internal medicine clinic to awareness and education.

Medications were dispensed to 97 patients among specific interventions, as well as providing surgery and dressing to two injured individuals, SPA noted.