On this day in UK history:
17th December 1986 - First heart / lung & liver transplant
- The first triple transplant patient was Davina Thompson born on 28th February 1951.
- Davina was from Rawmarsh in South Yorkshire - UK.
- On 17 December 1986 she underwent surgery for seven hours by a team of 15 headed by chest surgeon Mr John Wallwork and Prof. Sir Roy Calne.
- The operation took place at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge
- She passed away at the age of 47 on 13 August 1998 - 12 years after the operation that gave her a new heart / lungs and liver
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