UAE opens its heart for patients in Egypt

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has issued directives to establish the “Sheikha Latifa Bint Hamdan Unit for Cardiac Catheterisation Surgery” at the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre in Cairo, Egypt.

The facility will offer free cardiac treatment and catheterisation surgeries to children and economically disadvantaged patients from the Arab world, in addition to providing specialised medical training to doctors and surgeons in the field.

The Unit will be equipped to provide advanced 24/7 treatment services. Equipped with the latest medical technologies including robotic surgical facilities, operation theatres in the Unit will have the capacity to perform 9,000 catheterisation procedures annually.