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South African renamed cardiology professor Bongani Mayosi is dead, Announces University of Cape Town (UCT)
"It is with deep sadness that I announce the death on Friday July 27, Professor Bongani Mayosi, "Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice Chancellor of the UCT, said in a statement:" The university is in touch with the family of Professor Mayosi, who appreciates all the messages of support and support.
Phakeng did not disclose the cause of Mayosi's death.
Mayosi was the dean of the faculty of health sciences at the University of Cape Town since September 2016, having been Head of the Department of Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital and at UCT since 2006.
Mayosi's work focused on heart diseases particularly prevalent in developing countries.He led a revolutionary series of More recently, Mayosi led the first large-scale multinational study on rheumatic heart disease in the world (first phase).
In May 2009, Mayosi received the Order of Mapungubwe, the country's highest honor.
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