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

Histórico hito de la Fundación Diego González Rivas en África

El reconocido cirujano Diego González Rivas, pionero en la técnica quirúrgica mínimamente invasiva Uniportal VATS, ha llevado su experiencia a Sierra Leona y Liberia para realizar cirugías imposibles y brindar atención médica a personas con pocos recursos. De la mano de su fundación, la Fundación Diego González Rivas, y con