Science, Medicine & Engineering
Distinguished
Bothwell Mbuwayesango
Led the all-Zimbabwean team that separated conjoined twins
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Zimbabwe Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
Eight hours in a Harare theatre in 2014, with no foreign team flown in — the surgery was done by Zimbabweans, in Zimbabwe.
Bothwell Anesu Mbuwayesango is a Zimbabwean paediatric surgeon.
In 2014 he led an entirely Zimbabwean team that separated conjoined twins in an eight-hour operation at a Harare hospital.
In 2014 he led an entirely Zimbabwean team that separated conjoined twins in an eight-hour operation at a Harare hospital.
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