(MENAFN- The Peninsula) More than 800 bariatric (weight lose surgeries) procedures are conducted by the Hamad General Hospital's (HGH) each year.
These surgeries range from gastric sleeve to gastric bypass, according to a senior health care expert.
Dr Moataz Bashah, Consultant and Acting Director of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at HGH and his colleagues shared their experience and expertise about bariatric surgeries held in Qatar at the world's biggest obesity conference during a live transmission of a bariatric surgery procedure.
"The Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Centre in Qatar was the first to be chosen from the Middle East region together with counterparts from Japan, South Korea, Europe, and North America.
The nomination of Qatar came as a result of scientific research activities undertaken by the team in recent years," said Dr Bashah.
"More than 800 bariatric procedures, ranging from gastric sleeve to gastric bypass, are performed at by our surgeons each year. We pride ourselves that all of these procedures involve laparoscopic surgery, which means they are minimally invasive and usually permits the patient to recover much faster," Dr Moataz Bashah added.
The waiting lists of obesity surgery patients at HMC facilities have improved remarkably due the increase in operating theatres and streamlining of the procedures involved. Procedures are now performed in a shorter time and more efficiently in HGH and Al Wakra Hospital.
Diabetic patients who undergo gastric bypass surgeries can enjoy many benefits. If newly affected by the disease, their intake of diabetic medications is cut down by 80 percent following such surgeries. Risks of heart attacks, strokes, and breast and colon cancers are significantly mitigated with such surgeries.
Dr Bashah said while bariatric surgery can help improve outcomes, patients not to rely on surgery as the sole solution to their weight and health issues.
"Obesity procedures should not be the sole option for people to lose weight; it must be coupled with a healthy diet and regular exercise to help them live a healthier and better life," he said.
The Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Centre continues to establish its international credentials. Members of the team took part in the formulation of a new set of obesity surgery protocols in Asia in a conference held in South Korea last August.
The video link was the first of its kind and enabled our experts to share their skills and experiences with their international peers during the 19th World Congress of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO 2014), held in Canada recently. The conference saw more than 5,000 attendees from around the world.
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) was one of 20 international organisations in the world selected to present its procedures during the Congress.
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