KUWAIT: Head of anesthesia and ICU at Adan Hospital Dr Huda Al-Foudery stressed Adan Hospital's ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) center had achieved remarkable results in the past two years, noting that 70 percent of acute respiratory system failure patients attended to at the ECMO center survived. Speaking after returning from Cairo, where along with anesthesia and ICU consultant Dr Mohammed Shamsah she represented Kuwait at the sixth annual ELSO meeting held from Jan 15 to 18, 2019, Foudery said they spoke about the services provided to acute respiratory system failure patients in Kuwait, and that all attendants hailed the advanced levels of ECMO treatment in Kuwait.

By Meshaal Al-Enezi