Social Media Users to Magdi Yacoub: You are No.1

Social media users showed off their great admiration for Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, saying: "He is the real number one."

Posts and tweets went viral on Facebook and Twitter hailed Yacoub's outstanding achievements among them was superstar Mohamed Henedy's tweet about the Egyptian-British surgeon.

https://twitter.com/ABOOUF22/status/1230952160239681536

Henedy commented on a video that the prominent billionaire Hussain Sajwani, the CEO of DAMAC Properties, thanks Dr. Yacoub for saving his mother's life from many years ago after he mostly lost hope.

https://twitter.com/OfficialHenedy/status/1231148305884815360

Moreover, in another short footage, Dr. Magdi Yacoub said that he seeks to give all the information he knows to the young surgeons because he doesn't want anything to get lost if he dies.

https://twitter.com/HassanAbedvip/status/1231331801261629443

It is worth noting that the Magdi Yacoub Heart Center received donations worth EGP 360 million (AED 88 million) during the Arab Hope Makers' event in Dubai on Thursday.

The center will conduct more than 12,000 heart surgeries annually, of which 70% will target children.

https://twitter.com/alyelbassel/status/1230962645089628161

The Arab Hope Makers is one of the largest initiatives dedicated to celebrating flashes of hope in the Arab world by honoring people and institutions that pursue a humanitarian goal.

The renowned Egyptian-British surgeon is one of the world's most respected cardiac surgeons who performed more than 40,000 open heart surgeries and conducted over 2,000 heart transplants.