Anambra carries out first heart surgery


Anambra State has begun a heart surgery programme at St. Joseph Specialist Hospital, Adazi Nnukwu.

It said the surgery is being carried out by a team of 15 doctors and medical workers, led by a cardiac surgeon, Dr. Joseph Nwiloh, who is an indigene based in the United States (U.S.).

The first surgery was reportedly carried out last Saturday.

A statement said Nwiloh  is globally regarded as one of the best cardiac surgeons.

The building housing the heart clinic was named after him by the former governor, Mr. Peter Obi.

The hospital was reportedly built “as a way of celebrating worthy Anambra sons and daughters and hold them out as role models for the young.”

Nwiloh, who helped in equipping the centre, thanked God for His mercies and Obi for his vision.

He promised to work harder to make the centre fully functional.

Obi, who witness the first surgery last Saturday, said he was happy at the “many fruits of the collaboration between the church and the government.”

He said he was happier that his successor, Governor Willie Obiano, continued with the collaboration, adding that the ultimate beneficiaries are the people.

The President General of Adazi Nnukwu, Mr. Ben Enemuo, who spoke about the operation, said the town’s people were happy at the development.

He thanked God for using Obi to initiate the heart centre and praised his successor for the promise to build on the foundation.

Former Commissioner for Health, Dr.  Lawrence Ikeakor, who visited the hospital to witness the surgery, said with the development, Nigerians  need not travel outside the country again for categories of heart diseases requiring surgery.”

The first surgery was reportedly carried out last Saturday

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Good!

Africa! Always backward!


Common heart surgery...smh

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