Zayed Military Hospital performs first-ever kidney transplant surgery

Making this announcement at a Press conference yesterday, Dr Rashid Mohamad Al Nueimi, director of the medical services at the hospital, said the operation was performed on a 53-year-old Sudanese patient, who had suffered kidney failure some four months ago.

The operation took nearly two hours to complete.

The patient’s wife and cousin had donated their kidneys to the man.

Dr Al Nueimi said the success of this operation was a major milestone for the hospital.