Dr. Ogadinma Mgbajah took to Twitter yesterday to announce her record making achievement of becoming Nigeria and West Africa’s first female Cardio-thoracic Surgeon.
Dr Mgbajah Ogadinma
First female Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Nigeria and West Africa! #historymaking #trail blazer! #God'sgrace!— Ogadinma Mgbajah (@OgadinmaM) May 12, 2016
Very long journey, 7 years plus, three continents!#heartsurgery #first female heart surgeon in West Africa! pic.twitter.com/7ZcQKJdXoP
— Ogadinma Mgbajah (@OgadinmaM) May 12, 2016
She also posted a photo of herself and her group of examiners.
With my group of examiners pic.twitter.com/UuM0kGnk4H
— Ogadinma Mgbajah (@OgadinmaM) May 12, 2016
In 1943, when open-heart surgery was still in its infancy, Dr. Myra Adele, then an associate surgeon, became the first woman to operate on a human heart in only the ninth such operation of its kind anywhere in the world.
Dr. Ogadinma Mgbajah seems rightly confident about her achievement as she tweeted:
Heart surgery has come to stay in nigeria!. Do you have questions on heart and lung issues, ask me! Use #askthefemaleheartsurgeon
— Ogadinma Mgbajah (@OgadinmaM) May 12, 2016
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