Heart transplant breakthrough: NHS doctors become first in world to complete transplants in children using organs brought back to life by a machine

Heart transplant breakthrough: NHS doctors become first in world to complete transplants in children using organs brought back to life by a machine The technique has saved the lives of six British youngsters and the transplants have all happened during the coronavirus pandemic. 

A 14-year-old girl has told Sky News she feels "blessed to have a second chance at life" after having a heart transplant using a donor organ that had started beating again thanks to a new machine.

See also:

• Child heart transplants: Record year for new-style operations BBC News
• Child heart transplants: 'I'm ecstatic I got such an amazing gift' BBC News
• Children given reanimated hearts by NHS in world first Evening Standard
• UK doctors pioneer use of 'heart in a box' transplant technique in children The Guardian