A team of 25 healthcare professionals led by Sir Magdi Yacoub, including intensive care nurses, intensive care doctors, Biomedical engineers, technicians, cardiologists and surgeons travelled to Aswan, Egypt at the beginning of April to conduct the first ever open heart surgery in Aswan.
Earlier in 2008 Chain of Hope had sponsored over £500,000 worth of state of the art equipment to create two dedicated cardiac operating theatres and provide twelve intensive care beds.
