• Short Summary

    MEDICAL HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS WEEK BY A HEART OPERATION PERFORMED AT THE MADI MILITARY HOSPITAL IN EGYPT YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).

  • Description


    MRS. ABDUL MALAK ON HER WAY TO OPERATING THEATRE; PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION.




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    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: MEDICAL HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS WEEK BY A HEART OPERATION PERFORMED AT THE MADI MILITARY HOSPITAL IN EGYPT YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).

    THE OPERATION WAS PERFORMED BY DOCTOR ABDUL KABER MANSOUR, A LEADING EGYPTIAN SURGEON. THE PATIENT IS MRS. LILA ABDUL MALAK, AGED 60, MOTHER OF THREE.

    MRS. ABDUL MALAK RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC DEVICE, KNOWN AS A 'PACER', DESIGNED TO SPEED UP HER HEART BEAT, WHICH WAS SLOW. HER HEARTBEAT RATE WAS THIRTY BEATS A SECOND COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL RATE OF ABOUT EIGHTY BEATS A MINUTE. THE DEVICE PROVIDES THE HEART WITH A PERMANENT STIMULUS.

    THE BATTERY PACK IS PLACED UNDER THE LEFT ARM. WIRES RUN FROM THE BATTERY TO THE HEART, GIVING THE HEART A SLIGHT SHOCK AT TIMES WHEN IT SHOULD BEAT.

    YESTERDAY'S OPERATION IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE EVER CONDUCTED IN EGYPT.

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    Film ID:
    VLVACTGVMFXYQIYEOFMNH1RRVEQ6S
    Media URN:
    VLVACTGVMFXYQIYEOFMNH1RRVEQ6S
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    31/07/1968
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Colour
    Duration:
    00:01:15:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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