Tanzania, Australia specialists perform rare surgery at MNH

Tanzanian specialists with colleagues from Australian perform a rare microvascular surgery on a 35-year old patient in at Muhimbili National Hospital yesterday. The only other time this rare surgery was performed in Tanzania was in 1991. PHOTO | MNH

What you need to know:

  • The last time MNH performed such microvascular surgery was in 1991. Thus, yesterday, history was written yet again, with the novel procedure being performed by at least 10 experts—that is, six Tanzanian and four Australia surgeons.