KUWAIT, Feb 7 (KUNA) -- A European medical team visiting Kuwait will participate with Kuwaiti doctors in performing 10 complex ear operations in Farwaniya Hospital, said a Health Ministry official on Sunday.
Head of Farwaniya Hospital's Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department, Dr. Mohammad Al-Essa, told KUNA that these were the first authorized complex surgeries to be performed since the inauguration of the department last year.
Al-Essa added that Kuwait was unique in the Gulf region, as it selected doctors with ENT expertise and international knowledge that would help expand health services.
The aim of hosting the European team here is to reduce material costs that come with sending Kuwaiti citizens abroad for treatment, he explained, noting that such surgeries abroad cost thousands of dinars.
He also noted that such visiting teams helped teach Kuwaiti doctors how to enhance their methods of treatment.
Foreign visits promote healthy relations with global health centers and facilitate the exchange of experiences, he said.
He added that his department performed 315 surgeries since it opened, as well as some 9,000 medical outpatient consultations day and night.
Farwaniya Hospital seeks to make available an operating room for ENT surgeries every day, thus increasing capacity for such operations three-fold. - Kuna