Sidra Medicine Performs Endoscopic Surgery on Baby with Misshapen Skull
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02 Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Quick read Sidra Medicine performs endoscopic Deputy Amir congratulates president of Montenegro THE Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday sent a cable of congratulations to President surgery on baby with misshapen skull Milo Dukanovic of the Republic of Montenegro on his country’s Statehood Day. (QNA) The Qatar Foundation entity is on a continued path towards pioneering paediatric surgery Prime minister congratulates Montenegro’s counterpart TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK cialised endoscopic equipment. Taking DOHA a minimally invasive approach to treat PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin baby Ahmed was safer as it meant that Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani on Monday sent a cable of con- NEUROSURGEONS at Sidra Medicine, there would be decreased blood loss gratulations to Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), and a shorter operative time. Most im- on his country’s Statehood Day. (QNA) have performed minimally invasive sur- portantly it would allow Ahmed to be gery on an infant born with a congenital discharged earlier and back home with condition called scaphocephaly. his family in a matter of days.” Scaphocephaly is a disorder which Following the endoscopy, Ahmed occurs when the two parietal bones of was discharged after only two nights, the skull are prematurely-fused togeth- with the small incisions healed in a few er. It is characterised by a misshapen days. He also underwent helmet ther- long and narrow head. apy by the MDT clinic’s craniofacial/ ‘Nearly 50 to 100 people Baby Ahmed was referred to Sidra plastic team to manipulate the correct Medicine when doctors noticed that his shape of his skull. Within three months with COVID-19 symptoms skull was growing in an elongated shape from the day of his endoscopy and with and would require specialist attention. the help of his helmet, Ahmed now has Following a thorough review of the op- a normal-shaped head. admitted to hospital daily’ tions – traditional open surgery versus Commenting on the care Ahmed the use of an endoscope - the Multidis- received at Sidra Medicine, his parents, Continued from page 1 There are already signs of ciplinary (MDT) surgery team at Sidra said: “Our first moments with Ahmed this happening in other Medicine went with the minimally inva- were fraught with concern, as the doc- “EVEN though restrictions countries around the world. sive endoscopic approach. Ahmed with Dr Ian Pople and Dr Khalid Al Kharazi tors in the delivery room noticed his are being lifted and num- Now more than ever, we Dr Khalid Al Kharazi, senior paedi- misshapen head right away. After go- bers are declining, this must be careful and protect atric neurosurgeon at Sidra Medicine harder to implement once the children Great Ormond Street Hospital in Lon- ing through the initial assessments, we does not mean that the the most vulnerable,” the who led the endoscopic procedure on are older than six months, as then we don. were then referred to Sidra Medicine. COVID-19 pandemic is fin- MoPH cautioned. Ahmed, said: “It was critical that Ahmed would have to consider using an open- Ahmed’s endoscopy took two hours, To have such world-class care at our ished in Qatar. Every day, The ministry said that was transferred to Sidra Medicine dur- surgery approach, which in some cases and involved opening of the early su- doorstep is life-changing. It saved us between 50 and 100 peo- while the restrictions of ing the first few weeks of his life. Early doesn’t allow for sufficient correction of ture as well as two small incisions to the time, resources and the challenges ple are admitted to hospi- COVID-19 are gradually be- detection of his condition allowed us the skull.” his scalp. Surgeons Dr Kharazi and Dr of taking him abroad for treatment.” tal with moderate to severe ing lifted in Qatar, it’s im- to use a minimally invasive approach Ahmed’s care was led by a multidis- Ian Pople then used a small lighted en- Sidra Medicine offers pioneering COVID-19 symptoms,” the portant for everyone to play when he was only two months old. ciplinary team of physicians, surgeons doscope to reconstruct Ahmed’s mis- paeadiatric surgeries including neuro- MoPH said. their role in controlling the “The earlier an endoscopic approach and nurses from neurosurgery; crani- shapen skull. surgery; craniofacial and plastic sur- “Unless we follow all virus by following precau- is performed on children with scapho- ofacial and plastic surgery; ophthalmol- Dr Ian Pople, division chief of Neu- gery; otolaryngology; ophthalmology; precautionary measures, tionary measures, adher- cephaly, the better the result as it would ogy; genetics; ENT and orthotics. The rosurgery at Sidra Medicine, said: “We orthopaedic and urology surgery; pedi- we may experience a sec- ence to physical distancing, provide the best aesthetic outcomes MDT surgery clinic at Sidra Medicine is take great pride in the varied cutting- atric general and thoracic surgery; peri- ond wave of the virus and wearing a face mask, wash- and lowest reoperation rate as well as led by Dr Mitch Stotland and Dr Grae- edge surgical techniques available at operative surgery; renal transplants; see numbers increasing. ing hands regularly.” minimal blood loss when compared to me Glass. The team also consulted Dr Sidra Medicine, moving towards more and reconstructive surgery for short traditional surgery. The procedure is Owase Jeelani, a visiting surgeon from truly keyhole techniques with our spe- bowel syndrome. Doha Declaration global programme helps Qatari-US Working Group in achieving SDGs’ agenda, says Mansouri discusses measures to QNA (UNODC) in Vienna, on the activi- justice into the broader United Na- more than 500 support and capacity check human trafficking VIENNA ties of the Global Programm under tions agenda to address social and building activities. the slogan “Transforming Policies economic challenges, strengthen the Mansouri affirmed the commit- QNA During the meeting, the two QATAR has confirmed that the into Actions”. rule of law at the national and inter- ment of Qatar to continue working DOHA sides reviewed the steps taken global programme to implement He said the member states of national levels. with the United Nations Office on by authorities concerned in the Doha Declaration issued by the United Nations unanimously He said the implementation of Drugs and Crime to build on the THE Qatari-US Working Group both countries on the precau- the 13th United Nations Congress adopted the Doha Declaration a the United Nations sustainable de- achievements of the global pro- held a meeting via video confer- tionary measures to counter on Crime Prevention and Crimi- few months before the adoption of velopment agenda in 2016 began gramme to implement the Doha encing to discuss aspects of joint COVID-19. The meeting also nal Justice in 2015, has achieved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable during the same year of the launch Declaration and continue to con- cooperation between the two discussed joint activities and the highest possible outcome in Development, and the Doha Dec- of the Doha Declaration Global Pro- tribute to the implementation of the sides within the framework of projects and exchange of expe- support of the 2030 Agenda for laration had its forward-looking gramme funded by Qatar, the larg- 2030 Agenda for sustainable devel- a Memorandum of Understand- riences, according to the fields Sustainable Development Goals vision in support of this plan and est funding programme provided by opment goals at all levels. ing (MoU) for joint work and to of cooperation agreed upon in (SDGs) of the United Nations, as its emphasis on seeking to imple- one country in the history of the UN H called on other countries to combat human trafficking. awareness, training and learn- the outbreak of the coronavirus ment comprehensive policies and Office. T work with a shared responsibility The meeting was jointly ing about the best methods to (COVID-19) did not prevent the programmes that promote socio- The Qatari diplomat reviewed spirit and support the activities and chaired by Assistant undersec- raise community’s awareness of programme from continuing. economic development and provide the achievements of the Global Pro- programmes of the Office for the retary for Labour Affairs at the laws and legislations in labour Ambassador of Qatar to Austria support to other member states in gramme during the past five years, sake of rule of law, justice, equal- Ministry of Administrative De- affairs and to combat human and permanent Representative of their endeavours. and said that the sustainable de- ity, tolerance, openness and social velopment, Labour and Social trafficking. Qatar to the United Nations and in- Mansouri said the Doha Decla- velopment plan pledged to ensure inclusion for all, and to refrain from Affairs Mohammed Hassan Al At the end of the meeting, ternational organizations in Vienna ration was built on the close inter- no one will be left behind and the enacting and implementing any uni- Obaidli and Deputy Undersec- the two sides emphasised the HE Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri dependence and mutual impact of programme achieved this goal as lateral economic, financial or com- retary at the US Department of need to continue discussing de- made the remarks during a video sustainable development and the it reached about two million peo- mercial measures that are inconsist- Labour Martha Newton. A line- velopments in the implementa- conference meeting of the United rule of law. Its motto was to inte- ple from 192 countries, and more ent with international law and the up of officials from both sides tion of the MoU and agreements Nations Office on Drugs and Crime grate crime prevention and criminal than 55,000 people benefited from Charter of United Nations.