The activities of the World Vein Diseases Week will start next Thursday, April 8, under the patronage of Prof. Ayman Mahmoud Othman, Acting President of the University, and Prof. Muhammad Zaki Dahshoury, Dean of the College of Medicine, in coordination with the World Health Organization to hold scientific activities during the World Vein Diseases Week in the period From 5-11 April 2021.
Dr. Muhammad Zaki Dahshoury, Dean of the College of Medicine, said that the activities of the Scientific Day include awareness-raising methods among citizens about the importance and seriousness of venous diseases and how to prevent them, in addition to simplified lectures for young doctors practicing in the field of vascular surgery, the nursing staff, and medical and therapeutic service providers.
Dr. Mohamed Zaki Dahshoury, Dean of Aswan University of Medicine, added that the invitation has been extended to Egypt as the leading country in this field in the African continent and the Arab world and to the founder and president of the federation Prof. Emad El-Din Hussein, based at Aswan University, professor of vascular surgery at Ain Shams University and founder of the Egypt Society for Science and supervisor of Department of Vascular Surgery, Aswan University.
Dr. Mohamed Ismail, Head of the Department of Vascular Medicine, Aswan University, indicated that the activities will be held in one of the major hotels in Aswan next Thursday, corresponding to April 8, 2021, and this comes within the framework of the suffering of many people in the age group of 18-70 years of age from venous diseases, whether superficial or deep veins. Chronic rosy insufficiency in the legs or deep vein thrombosis, which may lead to serious complications in the short or long term, and the prevalence of this disease in the community ranges from 17 to 20%, and many medical societies of vascular surgery diseases around the world have been keen to participate in this World Week.