Most ops done at Babtain Center

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 5: Head of the Department of Plastic, Cosmetic and Congenital Deformities at the Saud Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery Dr. Aqeel Lari highlighted the center’s success in reducing by about 60 percent in less than two years the referral of patients abroad for the treatment of congenital deformities and reconstructive surgeries after deep burns and severe injuries.

In a televised interview, Dr. Lari explained that the Saud Al-Babtain Center is not only for burns, but also for reconstructive operations and congenital deformities in children, including the palate, cleft lip, and skull deformities, which are complex medical conditions that previously required traveling abroad for treatment. Due to the modern technologies and the efforts of doctors at the center, the rate of overseas referrals have reduced significantly, saving the state millions of dinars.

Dr. Lari revealed that the center will launch a hyperbaric oxygen therapy unit next week in order to stimulate tissues damaged by burns and chronic wounds for diabetics as well as other diseases and problems through hyperbaric oxygen. In addition, the center’s anesthesia and critical care specialist Dr. Ahmed said in a similar statement that treating doctors face a major problem in dealing with burn cases, especially at the beginning of burns. He highlighted the center’s capabilities in dealing with burn cases of various types, such that there are almost no deaths resulting from burns, as well as severe burns, the rate of which reaches about 90 percent, as they are treated with a success rate of about 100 percent.

By Marwa Al-Bahrawi

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff