Cairo: EgyPulse – News Desk
A specialized medical team at Alexandria University Hospitals has accomplished a rare and complex medical feat by saving the life of an injured Palestinian patient from the Gaza Strip. This achievement underscores the university’s ongoing national and humanitarian role, in line with the directives of Egypt’s political leadership and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, to extend medical support to the injured from Gaza.
Dr. Abdel Aziz Qansouh, President of Alexandria University, expressed his deep pride in this success, which he described as a testament to the exceptional skill and professionalism of the university’s medical teams. He affirmed that Alexandria University attaches great importance to humanitarian causes and is committed to providing comprehensive healthcare to Arab brothers and sisters, in accordance with the Egyptian state’s directives to treat those injured from the Gaza Strip and offer them the highest quality of medical care.
Dr. Qansouh noted that this remarkable medical accomplishment reflects the distinguished scientific and clinical standing of Alexandria University and its capacity to perform complex surgeries and handle delicate medical cases with precision and excellence.
Dr. Tamer Abdullah, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Chairman of the Board of Directors of University Hospitals, explained that on October 21, 2025, a team of doctors from the Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anesthesia, along with their medical assistants, successfully conducted a high-risk and intricate surgical operation on a patient from Gaza. The patient had previously sustained a gunshot wound to the head, and the projectile had migrated and lodged in the chest cavity near the aorta – the body’s largest and most vital artery, responsible for supplying blood to all essential organs.
Despite the extraordinary complexity and danger of the case, the surgical team was able to remove the projectile safely through a rare and precise procedure that lasted several hours inside the university’s new hospital. The patient subsequently received comprehensive post-operative care, and his condition is now stable under close medical supervision by the specialized team.
