A team from the United States assisted with
the first operation
Heart surgeries are now being performed at
the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan,
with the first one being on a 19-year-old
boy, on Monday.
The boy’s surgery, which lasted three hours,
was among the three slated for the
commencement of the operations.
It was done in collaboration with a team of
heart surgeons from the United States of
America.
Head of the medical team from the U.S., Paul
Davids, from Delaware, disclosed that they
had replaced the bad valves in the boy’s
heart.
He also confirmed that U.C.H was now well-
equipped to carry out heart surgeries.
Also speaking, the Chief Medical Director of
UCH, Tope Alonge, said the project would be
run in collaboration with the Cardiovascular
Institute, where Mr. Davids works.
A professor and head of the Department of
Paediatrics, Samuel Omokhodion, who led
the cardiovascular team from the UCH, said
the cost of the operations in Nigeria would
not be different from what is obtainable in
other developing countries of the world.
According to him, heart problems are
common among children and usually occur
from birth.

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Good but they should have gone farther than this by now.

I am sooo disappointed.

Nigeria is overrated. I should go elsewhere then