{"id":13536,"date":"2024-03-04T22:54:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=13536"},"modified":"2024-03-18T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:00:31","slug":"open-heart-surgery-can-be-performed-at-hospital-in-somalia-named-for-turkish-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2024\/03\/04\/open-heart-surgery-can-be-performed-at-hospital-in-somalia-named-for-turkish-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Open-heart surgery can be performed at hospital in Somalia named for Turkish president"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — <\/strong>Open-heart surgeries could be carried out at a hospital named after the Turkish president and located in the Somali capital Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

The new department at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital was opened with a ceremony on Monday thanks to cooperation between the Turkish and Somali health ministries.<\/p>\n

“It is a great honor for me to participate in the opening of an important service to the Somali community. Many patients who need open-heart surgery lose their lives while dealing with high surgery and treatment costs and visa procedures,\u201d said Somali Health Minister Ali Haji Adan.<\/p>\n

Mevlut Karatas, the manager of the hospital, said with the new department, Somali heart patients will no longer need to go abroad for health services.<\/p>\n

Noting that the hospital will also open a new unit for pediatrics and gynecology, Karatas said cancer treatment and other health services will also be expanded.<\/p>\n

In the new department, open-heart surgeries will be performed by Somali doctors using modern equipment. In addition, seven specialists from T\u00fcrkiye will help with the first surgeries.<\/p>\n

Up to now, Somali patients have generally gone to India, Kenya, and T\u00fcrkiye to access healthcare services such as open-heart surgery, organ transplants, cancer treatment and in vitro fertilization.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye, a close ally of Somalia, has invested in its education, infrastructure, and health, and given it extensive humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye has its largest embassy in Africa in Mogadishu and also built its largest overseas military facility there to train the Somali national army.<\/p>\n

*Writing by Gozde Bayar<\/p>\n

Source: Anadolu Agency\u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — Open-heart surgeries could be carried out at a hospital named after the Turkish president and located in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The new department at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital was opened with a ceremony on Monday thanks to cooperation between the Turkish and Somali health ministries. “It is a great honor for me …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t