Heart and parcel: medical breakthrough gives three a new lease of life

By Harriet Alexander
Updated October 25 2014 - 3:08am, first published 12:15am
Heart transplant recipient, Jan Damen with his wife, Silvana Damen at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett
Heart transplant recipient, Jan Damen with his wife, Silvana Damen at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett

In a world first, Australian surgeons have transplanted three hearts that had stopped beating.

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