King Charles III talks with Prof Magdi Yacoub at Buckingham Palace on November 24. Prof Yacoub was awarded the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014. Reuters
King Charles III talks with Prof Magdi Yacoub at Buckingham Palace on November 24. Prof Yacoub was awarded the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014. Reuters

MENA

Egypt

Renowned surgeon Magdi Yacoub appointed honorary chancellor of British University in Egypt

Prof Yacoub, 87, performed the UK's first combined heart and lung transplant in 1983 and was knighted in 1992

Kamal Tabikha
Kamal Tabikha
Cairo

December 04, 2022