Chairman, National Cardiothoracic Centre of Excellence, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, Enugu, Professor Basden Onwubere, has revealed that the centre successfully carried out about 230 open-heart surgeries since March 2013.

Onwubere, a former Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), disclosed that over half of the figure were children.

He disclosed this while responding to questions from reporters at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu yesterday on activities of the centre.


He, however, stated that although UNTH started open-heart surgery in February 1974 and suspended in 2007 due to movement to its new site at Ituku Ozalla, the number carried out in the last six years outweighs surgeries carried out in 33 years from 1974 to 2007.

He attributed the progress to support of UNTH’s Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Chris Amah, who not only supported the project financially, but also engaged some international partners and philanthropists who helped to smoothen the process of surgery.

Speaking, Amah, noted that he has no regrets investing on the open-heart project.

He stressed that his greatest joy was that the lives of some persons who could not have afforded the cost of surgery anywhere, were saved after successful open-heart operations at the hospital, adding that open-heart surgery at the UNTH has become a routine.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/04/unth-records-230-successful-open-heart.html

This is the type of news expected of a nation that wants to be progressive.




FTC!.


Fraudsters above, keep away.

okay

This is good news.

great news



but 1 cant help but imagine hw many where unsuccessful

Hmmn

smiles

thank goodness...

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BuhariIsBURIED:
When the have not successfully operated on Buhari, I don't believe joor!

Unfortunately what Buhari needs is Open-Brain Surgery

Isoright

surgery performed by foreign medical officers while our profs/consultants r d nurse. so Dr amah has not bn kicked out? I am a proud lion!

They won't fund and support the institution, but will vote billions of Naira for Aso Rock yeye clinic wey no get common iodine and paracetamol ...yeye people.

A team of Swedish heart surgeons performed d surgeries. UNTH was only a ground where the surgeries took place...

perdollar:
surgery performed by foreign medical officers while our profs/consultants r d nurse. so Dr amah has not bn kicked out? I am a proud lion!

Wdym Sir

Codo22:
great news



but 1 cant help but imagine hw many where unsuccessful

Bad bad energy go away

BuhariIsBURIED:
When the have not successfully operated on Buhari, I don't believe joor!

Enough of this nonsense!

Buhari and Co will not like this news coming from east but we don't care.
IGBO AMAKA

StoneLucifer:
A team of Swedish heart surgeons performed d surgeries. UNTH was only a ground where the surgeries took place...

It is still a plus, not a minus to Nigeria

perdollar:
surgery performed by foreign medical officers while our profs/consultants r d nurse. so Dr amah has not bn kicked out? I am a proud lion!

SMH

Codo22:
great news



but 1 cant help but imagine hw many where unsuccessful

You are just a fool.

All those attributing it to foreigners should keep quite, or tell us what remarkable things u have done to save life's on your own. Smh
Too much hating for naija

Dat hospital eh!

StoneLucifer:
A team of Swedish heart surgeons performed d surgeries. UNTH was only a ground where the surgeries took place...

That was a singular surgery.

Are you telling me Swedish surgeons performed the 230 surgeries over the years?

perdollar:
surgery performed by foreign medical officers while our profs/consultants r d nurse. so Dr amah has not bn kicked out? I am a proud lion!

You don't know what you're saying Oga.
One of the Professor Aghajis has been performing open heart surgeries since d days of Obasanjo.