RIYADH, 7 November: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday received the Saudi medical team that successfully performed the world’s first fully robotic heart transplant.
The transplant was performed at Riyadh’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in September on a 16-year-old patient suffering from end-stage heart failure.
The crown prince congratulated the medical team and the leadership of the hospital on the historic achievement, praising the efforts of Saudi personnel and their ability to innovate and achieve a global precedent in the medical field.
Members of the medical team thanked Prince Mohammed for his support, while the head of the medical team, Saudi cardiac surgeon Dr. Feras Khaliel, said the reception is an incentive for the team to do more to serve humanity and the Kingdom.
