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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 (成人快手): surgeon John Walwork operating in the Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.
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