Afe Babalola University records first open heart surgery

A major breakthrough was recorded in open heart surgery by a team of medical experts, in collaboration with their foreign partners, at Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, ABUTH.
Afe Babalola University main entrance During a review of the landmark and successful cardiovascular surgical operations at the university campus, the team of experts led by Professors Tayo Adeleke and Paul Davies, US-based cardiologists, disclosed that they were able to record successes in all the patients operated upon due to the expertise and hard work of the medical personnel in ABUTH and good equipment in the hospital.

The team leader, Professor Adeleke, advised Nigerians to conduct routine checks on their blood pressure, which has been identified as the chief cause of heart failure globally.

Adeleke, who stated that the experts from US have successfully performed over 10,000 open heart surgeries for a period spanning 21 years, added that “high blood pressure is a silent killer and the major cause of kidney failure, heart failure and sudden death.

“The life expectancy in Cuba is 81; USA, 80; in Nigeria it is less than 50. So focus must be on the health sector. Good equipment and personnel must be provided in our hospitals, the way Chief Afe Babalola has done at ABUTH.
“You can get quality health delivery here in ABUTH with what we have seen. With this hospital, I don’t think there is need for medical tourism again in Nigeria.”