Heart valve patient passes away

Janet Yassin after her surgeryGuyana’s first heart valve replacement patient, Janet Yassin died of unknown causes on Sunday, just over three weeks after she had the surgery and was said to have been doing well.

Yassin, who had a metallic valve in place following the procedure at the Caribbean Heart Institute on February 29 was reportedly bleeding in her Gastrointestinal (GI) tract upon admission to hospital shortly before she died.