In a rare medical phenomenon - In Al-Mouwasat Dammam, the life of a child was saved from a live worm living in his lung.
The Pediatric Emergency Department at Al-Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam received an emergency and rare medical case for an 11-year-old boy suffering from a cough accompanied by blood in the form of bleeding. Diagnosing and treating the child’s condition through a flexible bronchoscope for the child, as a result of which the presence of a leech worm was found inside his lung.
Thanks to God, the medical team succeeded in extracting the worm from inside the lung, as bronchoscopy in children is one of the rare specialties that characterize Al-Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam.
It is worth noting that Al-Mowuasat Hospital in Dammam has a pediatric emergency department that works 24 hours / 7 days a week, and this is in line with the vision of Al-Mowuasat Medical Services Company in attracting competencies and delicate sub-specialties through the use of the latest technologies and advanced medical equipment in this field.
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