Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- A Saudi Arabian medical team has completed a five-day programme of free open-heart surgeries and cardiac catheterisation procedures in Kano, Nigeria.



The initiative was organised by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), the official humanitarian arm of the Saudi government. It ran from August 18 to 22, 2025, at a Kano medical facility, with the participation of 25 Saudi medical volunteers.



According to officials, the team successfully performed dozens of complex heart surgeries and catheterisation procedures during the outreach. The patients, many of whom could not have afforded such care, received the treatments at no cost.



In a statement on Friday, KSrelief explained that the Kano...