How Penelope Adinku Became Ghana’s First Black Female Heart Surgeon

At just 26, Penelope Baabe Tettey Adinku has already etched her name in medical history, achieving what no Black woman before her has done – successfully repairing a human heart. A cardiothoracic surgeon from Ghana, she made this historic leap when she performed life-saving heart surgery on a six-year-old girl, marking her first-ever operation as a practicing surgeon. Penelope’s […]

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