GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana is set to make medical history on Tuesday with a groundbreaking robotic cardiac surgery that will be performed in the country by a specialist based in India.

Speaking at the Diamond Jubilee Flag Raising Ceremony on Monday night, President Irfaan Ali 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.