Guyana is mak­ing med­ical his­to­ry on Tues­day by par­tic­i­pat­ing in the ground­break­ing ro­bot­ic car­diac surgery that will be per­formed in that coun­try by a spe­cial­ist based in In­dia.

Pres­i­dent Ir­faan Ali, ad­dress­ing the Di­a­mond Ju­bilee Flag Rais­ing Cer­e­mo­ny on Mon­day night, said that the pro­ce­dure will sym­bol­ise how far the coun­try has ad­vanced since gain­ing in­de­pen­dence in 1966.

“…we will for­mal­ly set our foot­prints in the his­to­ry of health­care. Our new sur­geon, Mantra Free­dom 60, will per­form a car­diac surgery from Guyana to In­dia. The longest-dis­tance surgery in the his­to­ry of mankind will be per­formed from the shores of Guyana to­mor­row,” Pres­i­dent Ali said.