2023-08-21 10:00:00
Dr. Jamal Shaaban to Al-Arabiya.net: The girl underwent a successful open-heart surgery, and she will be transferred to a regular room instead of intensive care.
Cairo – Maysa Al-Sarwi
Posted on: August 21, 2023: 02:00 PM GST Last updated: August 21, 2023: 04:20 PM GST
A famous Egyptian doctor announced, after a delicate and dangerous surgery, the success of saving the life of the metro girl, who aroused great sympathy in Egypt, due to her serious illness, which almost killed her.
Dr. Jamal Shaaban, a well-known cardiologist, announced the success of the open-heart surgery he performed on Habiba Farraj, who was known in the media as “the metro girl”.
Shaaban told Al-Arabiya.net that the girl underwent a successful open-heart surgery and would be transferred to a regular room instead of intensive care, adding that Habiba was suffering from a complex congenital disease, which is considered one of the severe and dangerous diseases that cause severe blueness in the lips, fingertips, and nails.
He continued that the child had atrophy of the tricuspid valve, atrophy of the right ventricle, and an expansion of the left ventricle, which is called monoventricular disease, and a hole between the two atria, indicating that what happened to her is like a miracle, because her disease brings her closer to death every moment.
He stressed that the child’s condition was difficult, and therefore it was decided to perform the surgery in two stages, as she suffers from a chronic lack of oxygen that causes her to have cyanosis in the lips and nails, explaining that the first surgery, which is the open heart operation, was successful, and a link was made between the non-oxygenated blood and the lung to obtain oxygen. necessary, while the second surgery will be performed after 4 years to repair the congenital heart defect.
And the child had aroused the pity of the followers and pioneers of the communication sites, after her image spread, and she appeared in her pale face with blue and swollen lips, which suggested that she had a serious illness that required urgent surgical intervention.
Immediately after the photo was published, the famous cardiologist in Egypt interacted with her, and asked to reach the owner of the photo for treatment and diagnosis of her condition. He was already able to reach her, see all the details of her illness, treat her, and undertake the necessary surgery for her.
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