University of Calabar Teaching Hospital performs first open-heart surgery

The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has successfully performed its first open-heart surgery in the hospital. The Chief Medical Director/Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme, made this known in a statement titled, “Today we made history…& we move!” The statement read in part, “Today, Wednesday 15th September 2021, at 6.43 pm, history…