KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait has successfully conducted the country's first heart transplant surgery, Kuwaiti Minister of Health Bassel Al-Sabah said Tuesday.

The first heart transplant surgery was performed at the Salman Al-Dabbous Heart Center of Adan Hospital, Al-Sabah said, hailing it a milestone achievement.

The surgery was conducted on a patient who suffered from severe heart failure, he noted, adding the heart was transferred from a dead woman.

It is also a bright sign and a historic achievement in the health record of the ministry, the minister said.