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The University of Ghana Medical Centre has successfully conducted the first-ever Coronary Artery Bypass on a beating heart
The heart surgeries at the facility were done on two patients who were both over 65 years of age
Good News As UG Medical Centre Performs First-Ever Surgery On Beating Heart In GhanaThe two patients are among six others who underwent complex cardiac surgical procedures at the centre
The University of Ghana Medical Centre’s Heart Centre has successfully conducted the first-ever Coronary Artery Bypass on a beating heart in Ghana.
The two patients are among six others who underwent complex cardiac surgical procedures at the centre.
The doctors who performed the surgery were Prof Enoch Akowuah, Dr Baffoe Gyan, Dr Gordon Offei-Larbi and Prof Andrew Owens. One Dr, Ernest Ofosu Appiah, was part of the team responsible for anaesthesia.