Written by Rabab Fathi Monday, October 2, 2023 03:20 PM
The British newspaper “The Telegraph” shed light on the career of Dr. Magdy Yacoub, on the occasion of the publication of the book “Surgeon and Rebel: The Life and Pioneering Works of Magdy Yacoub,” which will be published tomorrow, Tuesday, and said that the Egyptian professor, who is described as “Leonardo da Vinci of heart surgery,” is a man who spent his professional life… He literally holds the lives of others in his hands.
The newspaper added that after he established the largest heart and lung transplant program in the world, treated more than 2,500 cases, and developed new operations for a number of complex congenital heart defects, the “man with magic hands” saved thousands of lives.
Sir Magdi Yacoub, 87 years old, said, speaking to the newspaper from his crowded office at the Magdi Yacoub Institute in Harefield – the country hospital on the outskirts of the west London countryside where he was studying, “I do not consider myself a hero… Being a doctor is a privilege. People love us and respect us.” “It’s not because of ourselves. It’s because of the profession. This teaches you humility.”
Sir Jacob added, “I’m often asked what’s the secret to my success? It’s three words. The first is passion. You have to really love what you’re doing. The second is perseverance. You have to keep going. And the last is humility. You have to be humble.”
Even today, after an illustrious career spanning nearly 70 years, which has seen him knighted and awarded the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II for his extraordinary medical achievements, including the first heart-lung transplant in 1983, he insists that: “It is not… Professional pinnacle.
He adds, quoting Sir Winston Churchill: “Is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end? I think it is the end of the beginning. There is a lot to do.”
The newspaper pointed to the book that chronicles his wonderful journey from Belbeis, a city in the Nile Delta, to becoming one of the most famous Egyptians in the world, alongside the football player Mohamed Salah and the late actor Omar Sharif. The book reveals not only his details and surgical successes, but also the enormous challenges he faced on the road. Along the way.
She added that he was considered an “arrogant” outsider when he first arrived in Britain in 1961, and the Cairo University graduate’s early habit was of working outrageously long hours, along with his quest to increase the number of open-heart surgeries at Harefield from one or two a week to 14. Or 15 operations.
In 2009, the Magdy Yacoub Foundation (working in partnership with Chain of Hope) launched the Aswan Heart Center to reach the most vulnerable people in Egypt, with two new heart hospitals currently under construction in Cairo and Kigali, Rwanda. He also established research centers in Mozambique, Alexandria and Doha.
Regarding Princess Diana, Sir Magdy said that “she was not just a pretty face. She really wanted to change the world.”
2023-10-02 12:20:00
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