Al Mahmoud Medical Center, Qatar, adopts the geko™ device

Al Mahmoud Medical Center, Qatar, adopts the geko™ device

- Highly eminent, Dr. Mohammad Chikh Atieh, Consultant Internal Medicine at the Al Mahmoud Medical Center, adopts the geko™ device for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the reduction of edema (swelling) in all aspects of general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology.

- Under Dr. Atieh’s leadership, wider use of the device is also being explored to address complications related to edema in diabetes mellitus, diabetic foot and lower extremity disorders - and in the disease of arterial hypertension and post-myocardial infarction.

Qatar: – UK-based manufacturer, Firstkind Ltd (a Sky Medical Technology company) and Al Raya Medical Equipment, exclusive distributor for the geko™ device in Qatar, today announced adoption of the geko™ device by the Internal Medicine Clinic, at the Al Mahmoud Medical Center in Doha, Qatar.

A pioneer in evidence-based advanced care, the Al Mahmoud Medical Center, led by Dr. Mohammad Chikh Atieh, is the first medical clinic in Qatar to adopt the innovative geko™ device for the prevention of VTE and the reduction of edema in all aspects of general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology.

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), the medical term for blood clots (also known as deep vein thrombosis or DVT), is a preventable medical condition that occurs when a blood clot,