British surgeons in children’s heart transplant breakthrough – report

The doctors have used a heart-in-a-box machine called the Organ Care System to bring the hearts back to life once removed from the donor.

Doctors at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, England have reportedly become the first in the world to complete heart transplants in children using organs brought back to life by a ground-breaking machine (Joe Giddens/PA)

British doctors have reportedly become the first in the world to complete heart transplants in children using organs brought back to life by a ground-breaking machine.

Donated hearts have historically come from people who are brain-dead but whose hearts are still beating, which limits the scope for the number of transplants possible.