The Cardiology professor at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University Dr. Yasser Elghoneimy led a medical team at the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) to perform the first open-heart surgery with new technology for a man in his 30's from Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
This assistance comes as part of the "Saudi Pulse" voluntary program for heart diseases and surgeries, which is being implemented in Al-Mukalla in Hadramout Governorate, SPA reported.
The KSrelief funds this program and aims to provide open-heart and cardiac catheterization procedures to low-income families who cannot afford the treatment.