11/03/2026
Dr Gercois Human from Cape Town Interventional Radiology and the team at GSH performed another suction Pulmonary Embolectomy at Groote Schuur Hospital last week, using the Penumbra lightning machine.
A Pulmonary Embolectomy is performed as an emergency, life-saving procedure to remove large, life-threatening blood clots (emboli) from the lung arteries.
This lifesaving treatment is available at Cape Town Interventional Radiology. Visit www.ctir.co.za for more info!