JUBAIL: Doctors at the Royal Commission for Jubail Hospital has successfully reattached a woman’s hand that had been completely severed during a car accident.
The patient, a 27-year-old Saudi woman, had to undergo a nine-hour operation. She is in good health, with almost 100 percent movement in the hand.
The operation was undertaken by Saleh bin Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, assistant professor of plastic and orthodontic surgery and burns, along with Salman Zahid, blood vessels and arteries consultant, Mansour Ghazali, orthopedic surgery consultant, the hospital’s plastic surgery team and anesthesiologists.
The first stage of the operation saw the doctors repair all structures including bones, radial artery, nerves, muscles, tendons and blood vessels. The second phase included restoration of tissues and skin.
The hospital in Jubail is an advanced medical facility with specialized clinics and high-tech equipment in various disciplines for citizens and residents of Jubail Industrial City.
Woman’s severed hand reattached
Woman’s severed hand reattached
Saudi Arabia welcomes ceasefire agreement between Syrian Democratic Forces and Syria state
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has welcomed an agreement between the Syrian state and Syrian Democratic Forces.
In a foreign ministry statement early on Monday, the Kingdom said it had welcomed an deal between Damascus and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces that was announced by the Syrian government on Sunday.
The agreement entails merging all SDF forces into the defense and interior ministries and means that Kurdish forces will redeploy to east of the Euphrates river.
The 14-point deal would also see the immediate administrative and military handover of Deir Ezzor and Raqqa governorates.
The Syrian state would regain control of all border crossings, oil fields, and gas fields in the region, with protection secured by regular forces to ensure the return of resources to the Syrian government, while considering the special case of Kurdish areas, the state news agency SANA reported.
The ceasefire comes after intense fighting between the SDF and government troops in Aleppo. But SDF troops have now pulled back from there and the Syrian army now controls most areas east of Aleppo.
The Saudi foreign ministry statement also thanked the US for the agreement. Washington is believed to have supported brokering the ceasefire between allies SDF and the Syrian government, who they have also backed diplomatically since the fall of long-time dictator Bashar Assad.
The Syrian state announced on Friday a raft of new directives to recognize Syrian Kurds, including making their language official and bolstering other rights for the minority group.
