Most operations at Rabat child hospital made by video-surgery

Some 70 percent of operations are currently made by video-surgery at the Rabat child hospital, said Fouad Attaybi, a child surgeon.

Video-surgery, which was recently generalized to Morocco, is very effective and helps avoid several side problems, including scars the doctor told MAP news agency.

The technique was first used only at the emergency unit of the Avicenne hospital of Rabat.

Some 4,000 children have been operated on by video-surgery since the introduction of the technique. Six operations are done per week (one per day) at the Rabat child hospital.