AMCE Abuja achieves two landmark successes, completes first Open-Heart Surgery

• delivers West Africa’s first SBRT for lung Cancer

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) in Abuja, barely six months since its opening in June this year, is redefining top-class medical care in West Africa, achieving two groundbreaking clinical milestones.

The world-class tertiary medical facility developed by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in partnership with King’s College Hospital London, AMCE has successfully completed its first open-heart surgery – a complex Triple Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and delivered the region’s first Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for lung cancer.

These achievements underscore AMCE’s commitment to providing complex, life-saving treatments in Africa, significantly reducing the critical need for medical travel abroad.

Building on the quaternary hospital’s recent outpatient and inpatient landmark advancements, AMCE’s clinical teams have rapidly expanded the Centre’s capability to deliver high-acuity care across both cardiovascular medicine and oncology.

On the oncology front, AMCE success fully delivered West Africa’s pioneer SBRT for lung cancer, a highly advanced radio surgical technique that achieves surgical-level precision without incision. The milestone case involved an octogenarian with a localised lung tumour who received treatment enabled by sophisticated imaging, real-time motion tracking, and highly personalised radiation planning.