Surgeons quizzed over rise in heart transplant deaths - Daily Mail 3rd November 2007

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Staff were being questioned last night over a five-fold increase in heart transplant deaths at a top hospital. Papworth Hospital near Cambridge suspended heart transplant operations late on Thursday night. Over a 30-day period, seven out of 20 patients have died - a 35 per cent rate.

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Additional Stories

Surgeons at pioneering heart unit face inquiry over deaths - The Independent 3rd October 2007

What could be wrong at Papworth? - BBC Health News 2nd November 2007

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