Dubai (INA) – The Dubai Health Authority announced that a team of doctors managed to save an 8-month-old Afghan boy suffering from liver cancer. In a press release obtained by the Jordan News Agency (Petra) today, Wednesday, the authority stated that a medical team consisting of 3 doctors succeeded in removing a cancerous tumor from the child's liver, in a surgery that took more than 3 hours. The patient arrived at the hospital, suffering from pain in the upper abdomen, a tangible mass and swelling in the abdomen, and general weakness in the body. Examinations were conducted for the child, who weighs 8 kilograms, and it was found that there was a cancerous tumor in the liver, which required a medical decision to perform an operation to remove it. The medical team removed the right part of the liver, which contained the cancerous tumor, which was approximately 900 grams in size, through the use of special medical devices for this type of operation. (End) h u / g p
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