Cameroon performs first successful coronary artery bypass surgery: minister


YAOUNDE, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon has successfully conducted the country's first coronary artery bypass surgery, according to Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie.

The surgery was performed at the Douala General Hospital in the commercial hub of Douala, Manaouda said in a tweet Wednesday night and added that it was a beating-heart surgery.

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