The record speed and immediate response by the staff of the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services contributed to saving an Arab young man from the inevitable paralysis, after he suffered a painful traffic accident last Eid Al-Fitr, where the paramedics transported him to the emergency department of the Saudi German Hospital in Dubai, and because of his critical condition he was immediately transferred to a room Operations After an evaluation of his condition and urgent surgery, he was successful.

It was found that there is a double fracture in the fourth lumbar vertebra with no stability, and this has caused severe pain under the spine, which threatened the occurrence of quadriplegia if the nerve cords were interrupted in this sensitive place.

Neurosurgery specialist Dr. Khaldoun Othman indicated that the patient underwent an urgent vertebral fixation process to enable the patient to walk on his feet the next day with complete independence and without pain, and he left the hospital 48 hours after the surgery.

For her part, Dr. Reem Othman, CEO of Saudi German Hospitals Group in the Emirates praised the continuous cooperation with Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services in transporting and transferring cases that need emergency medical care, especially cases of fractures, accidents and heart attacks, pointing out that this cooperation has always succeeded in Save many lives over the past years.

Othman confirmed that the Department of Neurosurgery and Spine at the Saudi German Hospital is characterized by conducting what is known as "minimal surgical interventions" which have the advantage of reducing risk and speeding up the process of recovery, rehabilitation and return to normal life.

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