Fred West, first British heart transplant patient, London
May 05, 1968 - First Move For Heart Transplant Patient: Britain's first heart transplant patient, Mr. Frederick West, 45, baring his stitched-up chest, poses with his team of nurses in his special hospital suite at the National Heart hospital. Marylebone, London, today. Mr. West was yesterday moved from the sterile theatre where the operation took place 24 days ago to the equally sterile suite. Mr. West of Leign-on-Sea, received the heart of Irish born carpenter Mr. Patrick Ryan, 26, who died following a fall from a London building site
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