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Sidra Medicine (Sidra), of the Qatar Foundation and Qatar's new hospital for children, young people, and women, has marked the first anniversary of its Paediatric Day Surgery Clinic.
The clinic has performed over 325 successful surgeries on patients aged from 10 months to 14 years old, since opening in November 2016.
The state-of-the-art clinic, which admits children for minor surgeries and procedures who would be discharged the same day. Dr David Sigalet (pictured), Chair of the Department of Surgery at Sidra Medicine, who has over 25 years of experience in surgery, research and academia, emphasized the importance of the facility, saying, 'We are delighted to celebrate the first anniversary of one of the key specialty services at Sidra. Conditions which may not be life threatening can nevertheless have significant impact on a child's life. It is for this reason that Day Surgery is an essential element in any comprehensive healchare provision program.
Sidra's Pediatric Day Surgery Clinic is home to 148 specialists who have joined the clinic from Qatar and across the world to contribute their specialty expertise in a patient-centric setting. In addition to Dr. Sigalet, these include, paediatric general and thoracic surgeons Dr. Mansour Ali, Dr. Guy Brisseau, Dr Basem Khalil and Dr. Abdalla Zarroug; Dr. Mitchell Stotland and Dr. Graeme Glass who specialise in pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery; pediatric otolaryngologist Dr. Patrick Sheehan; paediatric neurosurgeon Dr Khalid Al-Kharazi; paediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr Jason Howard; paediatric ophthalmologist Dr Abdul Kamboh; and paediatric urologists Dr. Joao Luiz Pippi Salle, Dr. Bruno Leslie and Dr. Abderrahman El Khadi. The clinic, which receives referrals locally and internationally, covers a number of procedures, including: inguinal hernia repairs, orchidopexy (surgery used to bring the testes down), umbilical and epigastric hernia repairs, soft tissue biopsies and hydrocelectomy, ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures etc. .
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