Samaritan Ushers in First Stroke Treatment Facility

Oct 8 , 2022


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Samaritan Hospital ushered in Ethiopia’s first stroke facility, which opened two weeks ago under Axon Stroke & Spine Centre. The centre has given services to no less than 100 patients who suffer from a stroke and spine diseases. The patients have been treated for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms, and other diseases in the head, neck and spine. The centre is equipped with an artificial intelligence-enabled lab, performing invasive image-guided head, neck and spine procedures. The Center was Co-founded by a renowned neurologist and stroke specialist, Wondwossen G. Amanuel (MD) and Akeza Teame (MD), an infectious disease specialist, founder of American Medical Center, and co-founder of Samaritan surgical centre. Wondwossen is an associate professor of neurology and neuro-interventional surgery at the University of Texas in Rio Grande Valley. He has trained more than 10 general practitioners, assistant neurosurgeons and neurologists.


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