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NHS saves children's lives with world-first 'dead' heart transplants

British surgeons using a machine that can restart hearts outside the
body have transformed the lives of six young patients

Andrew Gregory, Health Editor
Saturday February 20 2021, 6.00pm, The Sunday Times
Anna Hadley was 15 when she became the first child in the world to
receive a transplant of a once-dead heart
Anna Hadley was 15 when she became the first child in the world to
receive a transplant of a once-dead heart
Andrew Gregory, Health Editor
Saturday February 20 2021, 6.00pm, The Sunday Times

Anna Hadley had waited almost two years for a new heart after being
told she had a terminal condition.

Now the 16-year-old from Worcester is healthy and playing hockey
again, thanks to British surgeons who carried out the world's first
transplants in children using dead hearts that were brought back to
life.

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Using a pioneering machine, NHS medics have been able to reanimate
hearts from donors whose hearts had stopped. The technique has saved
the lives of six British children aged from 12 to 16, and the
transplants have all taken place during the pandemic.

For Anna, the life-changing phone call came at 2.30am. Nearly two
years after she had been put on the waiting list for a heart
transplant, a donor had been found.

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