Health Minister Abdelhak Saihi congratulated a medical team from kidney transplant working at the university hospital center of Batna CHU Batna. And this, after his success during a kidney transplant operation on a 3-year-old child. Through the official Facebook page of the said department, the first head of the health sector in Algeria was full of praise for the medical staff.
Thus one can read on the said press release: “I have the honor to address, in my name and in the name of all the executives and employees of the central administration, the highest expressions of appreciation and gratitude to the medical team of kidney transplantation under the direction of doctor Ouaglet Houssem for the efforts made and the spirit of responsibility”.
In the space dedicated to comments, Internet users expressed their immense pride in learning this good news. Moreover, several of them mentioned the quality of services of the same establishment. As well as the professionalism of all the staff of the hospital center in question.
Child kidney transplant: the operation is the first of its kind in Algeria
As mentioned above, this is a surgical operation for a 3-year-old child. It should also be noted that this successfully completed intervention is the first of its kind in Algeria. Moreover, the figures relating to this medical specialty are not very high in Africa.. Indeed, Algeria has experienced significant development in renal surgery.
Indeed, several kidney transplant operations have been performed in Algeria. In detail, the Batna hospital experienced during the first 7 months of the year 2021 nearly 51 operations. Including 4 in a single month. As you will have understood, the success achieved in the medical field reflects the efforts made by the Algerian government to develop the sector.
