Arab surgeons arrive in Yemen to take part in sixth Arab Spine Conference

SANA'A, Oct 11 (Saba) - A number of Arab neurosurgeons have arrived in Yemen to take
part in the 6th Arab Spine Conference to start later in the day as well as the
coinciding 1st Yemeni Neurosurgeons Conference.

The arriving included head of the Egyptian Society of Neurosurgical Surgeons Rushdi
al-Khayat and professor of spine surgery Mumdooh Salamah, secretary of the Society
of Neuroscientist of Africa (SONA) Muhammad al-Faqqi as well as former Jordanian
Health minister, Adel al-Sharidah, professor of neurosciences, assistant secretary
general of brain and nerve surgery Sharif Ezat and head of brain and nerve surgery
department at the Jordanian Medicine University Ahmed al-Tamimi.

The three-day sixth Arab Spinal Column Conference will discuss 120 research papers
dealing with the latest scientific developments in the field of brain and nerve and
backbone surgeries as well as advancements linked to natural medicine and x-rays
sensitivity and other related issues.

Yemeni Neuroscientists will try to learn from the experiences of the Arab
counterparts and other foreign Neuroscientists participating in the conference to
draw up a national strategy to down the numbers of people affected by nerve, brain
and spine diseases.