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Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
born 1950
Founded Ghana's National Cardiothoracic Centre
Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Ghana Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A cardiothoracic surgeon who built the National Cardiothoracic Centre, so that Ghanaians needing heart surgery no longer had to leave the country for it.
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is a Ghanaian physician and cardiothoracic surgeon who established the National Cardiothoracic Centre in Accra.
He is president of the Ghana Heart Foundation, was chief executive of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, and was elected a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in December 2002.
He is president of the Ghana Heart Foundation, was chief executive of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, and was elected a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in December 2002.
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