Finally! Something worth talking about; something different, an optimistic surge of energy that can give us hope that at some point, this country still cares more about life than about hidden agendas, politics and all that lurks in the most obscure parts of the parliament – let us not forget food and nudity, GO JACKIE!.

Tripoli’s image seems to brighten with hope and life as a team of doctors perform an exceptional feat, saving a patient’s life after he had gone into cardiac or circulatory shock. For those oblivious to medical jargon or what circulatory shock entails, here’s a concise definition:

A circulatory shock is a medical condition that threatens the life of any being with a blood circulation system. This kind of emergency is the most prominent cause of death or COD – using medical jargon is exhilarating – and can lead of countless fatal medical conditions such as hypoxemia, which means the lowering of oxygen levels in the blood, and cardiac arrest (that one is obvious).

Revenons to our hospital in Tripoli, where Nini’s medical team’s swift actions saved the life of a patient who suffered cardiac arrest while undergoing bone surgery. Following the Myocardial infarction (the obstruction of blood circulation in an organism) and the sudden drop in blood pressure to below 6, doctors resorted to rarely-used technology, that of using artificial heart and lungs outside the patient’s body for a couple of days, after conventional medical procedures failed to do the trick. Meanwhile, the patient’s body enjoyed oxygenated blood from machines set at his bedside as the heart, that had sustained the shock and was beating irregularly, was able to recover in place other that the abdominal cavity.

Doctors compared said procedure to the ever-so delicate artificial heart and lungs transplant. Resuscitation expert Dr. Jihad Youssef noted that the operation needed a comprehensive team of highly trained doctors and resuscitation specialists.

Medical head Dr. Nabil Kabbara thanked both the medical body and the hospital for taking part in insuring the success of the surgery.

It is refreshing to speak of life rather than death and upheavals from around the world, so we wish the patient swift recovery and congratulate the medical body at Nini hospital for a job perfectly done.