Surgery saves heavy smoker’s life after severe lung bleeding
RAS AL KHAIMAH — An Emirati heavy smoker was lucky enough to be shifted to the operation theatre of the Saqr Hospital in time for an urgent surgery after suffering a severe lung bleeding.
The man, in his 30s, was first admitted to the Khor Fakkan Hospital, and then shifted to the Saqr Hospital for an urgent operation, according to Dr Mahmoud Yahya, chest specialist surgeon.
“The surgeons managed to control the excessive lung bleeding after a three-hour-long surgery on Tuesday.”
The youth was suffering from severe chest pain, respiratory problems and difficulty in breathing, when he was first admitted to the Khor Fakkan Hospital, he added.
“The excessive bleeding was blamed on heavy smoking,” Dr Yahya said. “We could not first control the bleeding though we took all the medical procedures required in such cases.”
The medical team then decided to subject the young man to a sensitive operation after he
We could not first control the bleeding though we took all the medical procedures required in such cases.” Dr Mahmoud Yahya, chest specialist surgeon
lost three litres of his blood. “We could not help making an incision into the patient’s chest to stop the excessive lung bleeding during which six units of blood were transferred to him.” The medical team included Dr Saeed Hassan, a specialist surgeon with the Saqr Hospital, and Dr Esam M., an anaesthesia and intensive care consultant, along with a number of specialists and nurses.
Mohammed Rashid bin Arsheed, manager of Saqr Hospital, said that the specialty sections in the hospital has efficiently received and treated many complicated cases that were referred from other hospitals.