National Surgical Plan has performed more than 2,000 surgeries in Trujillo

Published at: 11/03/2025 04:39 PM

In the state of Trujillo, the National and Regional Surgical Plan has performed more than 2,000 medium and highly complex surgeries so far this year, responding to requests issued by the Trujillo people through the 1×10 system of Good Governance and the VenApp.

Through a press release replicated by the newspaper Último Noticas, it became known that in the months January and February, 1,289 urgent surgeries were treated, 530 elective surgeries, as well as the placement of 21 pacemakers with the implantation of bicameral and unicameral devices.

Among the pathologies addressed are laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hysterectomies, radical hemicolectomy, thoracotomy for pulmonary empyema, gallstone disease, and others.

In addition, among the specialties that were treated are gynecology and obstetrics, general surgery, pediatric surgery, urology, traumatology and neurosurgery at the Doctor Pedro Emilio Carrillo University hospitals in the Valera municipality, José Gregorio Hernández de Trujillo capital and El Vasallo Cortez de Sabana de Mendoza in the Sucre municipality.

On the other hand, and in the first week of March, 21 patients from the general surgery service were treated by laparoscopy at the Valera hospital; while at the José Gregorio Hernández hospital in Trujillo, 42 urgent and 45 elective surgeries were performed, for a total of 87 medium and high complexity interventions.

Mazo News Team