Revolutionary operation revives child’s faded heart

IN a world first, a 12-year-old Welsh girl had her own heart brought back to life after living for the last 10 years with a transplant heart.

Revolutionary operation revives child’s faded heart

Renowned heart specialist Magdi Yacoub came out of retirement to advise on the complicated procedure in which 12-year-old transplant patient Hannah Clark’s own heart was brought back to life after removing her donor organ.

The professor performed Hannah’s original transplant operation 10 years ago when she was just two years of age.

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