SALEH PRAISES YEMENI MEDICAL CADRES' COMPETENCE

SANA'A, Oct.18 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh paid a visit on
Sunday to Al-Thawrah General Hospital in the capital Sana'a.

During his visit, President Saleh got acquainted with the work
progress, medical services and available medical devices and
equipments in the hospital as well as the constant expansions the
hospital witnessed for receiving the different medical
specializations.

President Saleh praised the competence of the Yemeni medical cadres
who work in the hospital, affirming the importance of paying more
attention to qualify the Yemeni medical cadres to gain more
practical experiences in the surgery field.

He hailed the hospital's role in treating patients and offering
great medical services to the citizens, pointing that the hospital
is an important medical institution.

Meanwhile, the president noted the development witnessed by the
health sector in Yemen through establishing a number of public and
private hospitals and medical centers.

Saleh welcomed investments in the health sector according to the
provisions and standers that ensure to present advanced medical
services and meet the patients' demands, indicating that existence
of the specialized hospitals inside the country has reduced
traveling patients to abroad and contributed to developing the
medical services presented in the country.

The hospital's capacity is over 1100 beds and has qualified medical
cadres in various medical fields including fields of heart diseases
and surgery, kidney diseases and dialysis, cancer diseases,
obstetrics and gynecology, head and eyes diseases and other fields.

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