By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: General Surgery and Obesity Consultant at Sabah Hospital Dr Mohammad Al-Saleemi revealed that a medical team succeeded in carrying out a rare and complicated operation on a patient’s abdomen and colon. The procedure follows two previous surgeries performed on the patient; a woman in her 50s who is suffering from hypertension and diabetes in addition to depression, he explained.

“Such procedures are usually carried out abroad with several teams involved, including one to remove the colon and another to cut out intestinal adhesions. But in Kuwait, it was performed by one team and was 100 percent successful as the patient no longer suffers any problems,” he said, adding that the procedure was carried out in February 2020.