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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Saman Javed

Woman reunited with heart-lung transplant surgeon after 35 years

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A woman who had a life-saving heart and lung transplant at age 15 has been reunited with her surgeon after 35 years.

Katie Mitchell, from Sidcup in Kent, underwent the operation in 1987 after being diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome at the age of 11.

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