Connaught Hospital Performs First-Ever Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Freetown, Wednesday 2nd August 2023 – In a remarkable leap forward for medical advancement in Sierra Leone, Connaught Hospital has achieved a ground breaking feat by successfully performing the country’s first-ever Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). This innovative surgical technique brings hope to patients requiring lung and chest surgeries, offering

Sierra Leone conducts first Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has conducted the first ever Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery at the Connaught hospital in Freetown. It is communicated that patients who require lungs/chest surgery will no longer be cut wide open rather they will get smaller cuts to the chest

Sierra Leone Conducts First Ever Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

The surgery happened at the Connaught hospital in the nation’s capital, Freetown. It is communicated that patients who require lungs/chest surgery will no longer be cut wide open rather they will get smaller cuts to the chest and are been maintained greatly to have a prolong life as well