Najran’s King Khalid Hospital restores woman’s sight

RIYADH: Surgery performed at King Khalid Hospital in Najran made a 40-year-old Saudi woman regain her sight which was lost eight months ago.
Hospital General Supervisor Abdo Al-Zobayri said here that the patient had lost her sight eight months ago because of a tumor at the base of her skull.
“The medical team was successful in removing the tumor from the woman’s skull and helped her recover soon from the surgery,” the supervisor said.
He pointed out that such an achievement was made because of the outstanding capabilities of the medical staff at the hospital which has allowed King Khalid Hospital in Najran to become a specialized center for advanced medical cases.
Al-Zobayri said the patient was discharged from the facility and was asked to report for the necessary follow-up to the surgery.
Last year, the hospital treated more than 400,000 patients who came for medical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical services.
Al-Zobayri said the emergency department received 166,750 cases; the outpatient clinics received 233,250 patients; while 12,600 benefited from hospitalization.
He said that on average 1,111 patients visit the emergency and outpatient departments. The central laboratory of the hospital has tested some 1.8 million samples with an average of 5,000 lab tests.
Last year, the facility performed 7,157 surgeries.
The hospital has some 300 doctors, including 80 consultants.
It also acts as a referral hospital in the southern part of the country and attends to patients referred by Prince Sultan Cardiac Center.