KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that Dr Turki Al-Otaibi has won the position of the elected president of the Middle East Regional Council of the World Society of Kidney after a strong competition in the elections held on the sidelines of the World Kidney Congress held in New Delhi, India. The ministry said in a press statement that this new achievement reflects the professional leadership of Kuwaiti medical competencies on the international arena and is a source of pride for Kuwaiti doctors and the health system in the country.
It explained that the elections witnessed competition between Dr Al-Otaibi and a prominent doctor from Iraq and a prominent female doctor from Lebanon, with Al-Otaibi winning the election—achieving an "unprecedented” achievement and becoming the first Kuwaiti doctor to be elected to this position since the establishment of the World Society of Kidney. It added that Dr Turki Al-Otaibi has a record full of achievements as he holds the position of President of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Transplantation, Head of the Department of Nephrology and Transplantation at the Kuwait Center for Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, and President of the Kuwait Organ Transplantation Society.
It pointed out that he has given many scientific lectures in major international medical institutions, which has strengthened his position as one of the most prominent experts in the field of kidney diseases and transplantation regionally and globally. It also noted the prominent role of Kuwait in the field of kidney diseases and transplantation, thanks to its distinguished competencies and leading medical institutions. — KUNA