Maldives first open heart bypass surgery to be performed on an inmate

An inmate was admitted in ADK to do Angiogram yesterday. After doing angiogram on him this morning, Doctor suggested going for a bypass surgery. The inmate was transferred to ICU afterwards.
An open-heart bypass surgery has yet not been performed in Maldives. Thus, this surgery will be the first open-heart bypass surgery done in Maldives.
Open heart bypass surgery is done by cutting open a big part of the human body.
Inmate’s bypass surgery is scheduled to be done today. This inmate is a 54-year-old man  sentenced to three years in prison for drug abuse.