QRCS sponsors major thoracic surgeries in Gaza

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has sponsored major thoracic surgeries in Gaza. Dr Raed al-Arini, the thoracic surgery consultant hired by QRCS in Gaza, together with Dr Diego González-Rivas, a globally renowned thoracic surgery specialist, and Dr Firas Abu Akir, head of Thoracic Surgery and Endoscopy Department at the Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem, performed six sophisticated operations at the Al-Shefaa Medical Comlex.

These operations included the removal of pulmonary tumours and right superior lobectomy using new technologies for the first time in Gaza.