Former President John Agyekum Kufuor last week underwent successful spinal surgery at the Cardiothoracic Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The two-hour-long operation was carried out by a team of doctors, led by Dr Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, the internationally acclaimed spinal surgeon, and his team from The Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine Clinic in Accra. Other core members of the surgical team were Dr Harry Akoto, neurosurgeon; Dr Lawrence Sereboe, the Director of the Cardiothoracic Unit, with their team of nurses and paramedics from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The team of anaesthetists comprised Dr Eugenia Lamptey, the Head of the Department of Anaesthesia at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital; Dr Irene Wulff, Dr Kotei and Dr Ofosu-Appiah, all of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. A statement issued in Accra yesterday by Mr Frank Agyekum, the Spokesman at the Office of former President Kufuor, said the former President was currently recuperating at the privately owned FOCOS Clinic in Accra. It said the former President was full of praise for the professionalism and care exhibited by all the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff who were co-ordinated by his personal physician, Dr Ama Boohene-Andah, under the guidance of consultants, Dr Albert Akpalu and Dr J.E. Mensah. Expressing his appreciation to the team, former President Kufuor said, “Ghana should be proud to have such a competent store of talent who show concern and dedication comparable to anywhere else in the world. Society should acknowledge and make full use of this great human resource.”