World first as couples celebrate kidney swap

A HUSBAND and wife spoke of their joy yesterday after surgeons performed the first kidney swap between two couples.

Thu, 04 Oct, 2007 - 01:00
Jane Kir

The landmark transplants are the first to be performed on living people who do not know each other.

Roma Horrell, 57, from Cambridgeshire, and a man from Scotland received kidneys from each other’s partners in the first ever paired kidney swap.

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