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Last Monday, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Monday successfully carried out its first open heart surgery to correct a leaking heart valve in a 19-year-old.
According to The Guardian, the surgery lasted more than 4 hours and is the first of its kind to be performed by any teaching hospital in Nigeria.
The surgery was carried out by the UCH in conjunction with a team of surgeons from Tri-State Cardiovascular Delaware, United States (U.S.), led by Dr. Kamar Adeleke.
Addressing the press after the ground breaking surgery, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the UCH, Prof. Temitope Alonge, said, “We are the pioneer teaching hospital in Nigeria, and we should be taking the lead. We are going to do this and we intend to make it a continuous exercise. In fact, within the next six months, we intend carrying out not less than 30 heart related surgeries and at a price that will be easily affordable to Nigerians".
