THE Reddington Multi-specialist Hospital, Lagos has announced a successful complex heart surgery involving a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Mitral Valve repair in a 66 year old man, Mr. Oluwatoyin Adebiyi. The surgery was performed by the new Tristate Reddington Cardiac programme led by Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Prof. Kamar Adeleke and Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Michael Sanusi.

According to the Group Medical Director of Reddington Hospital, Dr. Olutunde Lalude, this involved temporarily stopping the heart to carry out the procedures by first, putting the patient on a heart lung machine. Thereafter the heart was opened and the malfunctioning Mitral valve was repaired. In addition, the three blocked vessels supplying blood to the heart of the patient were bypassed and the blood flow was restored. The heart was then successfully re-started.

At a media briefing in Lagos to announce this feat Dr. Lalude said the patient’s recovery was almost instant, as he started talking, eating and drinking less than 24 hours after the surgery.

“The complex surgery performed by a 19-man team of Nigerian specialists demonstrates our ability to expand the range of what is possible in Nigeria, particularly at this time when access to overseas medical travel has been restricted,” said Lalude.

He said but for the Covid-19 pandemic, which has restricted air travel, the patient would have probably chosen to do the complex surgery abroad where he will spend thousands of dollars encouraging capital flight.

Head of the surgical team, Prof. Kamar Adeleke, said the COVID-19 pandemic had shown that every country needed to look inward for solutions, adding that with borders closed, the Tristate Reddington Cardic Programme is ready to offer treatments to complex heart issues, as it has a duty to help Nigerians with such conditions.

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Of course it has to be Lagos.