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Bionic Heart

In 1994 doctors at Papworth Hospital in the UK carried out a revolutionary operation on a 62 year old man: he was fitted with a permanent battery-operated heart.

In August 1994 doctors in the UK carried out a revolutionary operation on a 62 year old man, Arthur Cornhill. He was fitted with a permanent battery-operated heart. Farhana Haider has been speaking to the lead surgeon John Wallwork.

Photo (大象传媒): surgeon John Walwork operating in the Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

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Tue 26 Aug 2014 07:50GMT

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