Girl Receives Eurotransplant Heart In Hungary

  • 24 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
Girl Receives Eurotransplant Heart In Hungary
"Surgeons at the Gottsegen György Cardiology Centre in Budapest performed the first organ transplant in Hungary since Hungary joined the Eurotransplant organisation earlier this year.

The successful heart transplant was performed on an eight-year-old girl, one week after she was put on a waiting list.

The new heart was flown by plane from Graz to the National Cardiology Institute."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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