A private hospital in Dubai has successfully performed a knee replacement surgery using 3D printing technology.
Doctors at Burjeel Hospital fitted two patients suffering from painful osteoarthritis with customised 3D printed knees.
The procedure has given the men the chance to walk pain-free again.
Doctors claimed the technology was being used for the first time in the UAE and the GCC region, adding that more than a million knee replacement surgeries will be performed worldwide by 2030.
UAE arrests another 25 for posting misleading content online
Attorney General Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi has ordered the arrest of 25 more individuals of various nationalities for publishing misleading content online that harms national defence measures and glorifies acts of military aggression against the UAE.
One injured as authorities contain fire at Fujairah Oil Industry Zone
Authorities have confirmed that specialised teams continue to control a fire that broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) on Saturday due to fallen debris, with one injury recorded.
Sharjah contains fire at commercial facility in Al Sajaa Industrial Area
Sharjah defence teams have contained an accidental fire on Saturday that broke out at a commercial facility containing petroleum tanks in Al Sajaa Industrial Area due to a leak in one of the tanks.
Fire contained at Ruwais Industrial Complex after drone strike on Tuesday
Abu Dhabi authorities have confirmed early on Sunday that they had contained the fire that broke out at a facility in the Ruwais Industrial Complex due to a drone strike on Tuesday.
