06 / News & Events
The latest developments across the hospital’s departments and services.
Al-Hayat International Hospital has opened the first nuclear medicine department in the city of Mosul, equipped with the latest PET Scan and gamma camera systems. The department spares patients the difficulty of travelling outside the governorate for treatment, and its specialised staff and diagnostic equipment enable early detection of tumours and of cardiac, endocrine and bone disease.
The catheterization team at Al-Hayat International Hospital has completed a successful emergency therapeutic catheterization on a patient suffering an acute myocardial infarction. A stent was placed in the blocked coronary artery within an hour of the patient arriving, saving his life and preserving cardiac function.
The neonatal care team at Al-Hayat International Hospital marked the discharge of a baby born at 24 weeks weighing just 600 grams. After months of specialised intensive care the child left the hospital in good health, embodying the centre’s motto: small hands, great care.
Al-Hayat International Hospital has opened the first and leading cardiac surgery unit in Nineveh governorate, equipped with the latest surgical and diagnostic technology. The unit brings together highly experienced cardiac and vascular surgeons and enables the most complex open-heart and vascular procedures to be performed locally.
Al-Hayat International Hospital has launched an interventional radiology service, the first of its kind in Nineveh governorate and Iraq. It allows precise, advanced treatment without conventional surgery, sparing patients recovery time and the risks of general anaesthesia.
