Sharjah 24: Al Qassimi Hospital (AQS) in Sharjah, affiliated to the Emirates Health Services (EHS), received a delegation of doctors from Austria, Italy and Switzerland to train them on the technique of implanting permanent wireless heart pacemakers, during qualitative training workshops held outside the United States and North America to train on this technology in an electrical unit and heart physiology in the hospital, in a step that confirms the efficiency of the EHS facilities.

Dr. Essam Al Zarouni, Acting Executive Director of the Medical Services Sector at the Emirates Health Services, confirmed that the organisation of the workshop reflects the position occupied by Al Qassimi Hospital at the regional and global levels, pointing out that the hospital, in light of the great support provided by EHS, has become a medical and scientific edifice that provides health care and treatment services in accordance with the highest international standards. It has also become a pioneer in the field of providing practical medical sciences, especially in the field of implantation of permanent cardiac pacemakers.

Dr. Arif Al Nooryani, Director of Al Qassimi Hospital in Sharjah, explained that, based on the successive successes achieved by Al Qassimi Hospital in the field of surgeries and therapeutic medicine over the past years, which placed the hospital among the leading international hospitals, the hospital organised training workshops within the visiting doctors programme to train doctors from various European countries on this technology, in a step that confirms the high capabilities that the hospital possesses, which qualify it to provide medical solutions, rehabilitation, and treatment for many diseases, without surgical intervention in many cases.

He said that this type of device or battery is the latest among permanent pacemakers, which are installed with intravenous catheters through the skin without surgery, as is the case in traditional pacemakers, which reduces the incidence of complications associated with the installation of traditional permanent pacemakers, such as infections, pneumothorax, and others.