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Woman returns to hospital after 35 years to thank surgeon who saved her life as a child

Katie Mitchell was one of the first patients to have a heart-lung transplant in 1987, with doctors at Royal Papworth Hospital believing it could give her an extra four or five years

Daily Mirror · Sep 29, 2022

Woman reunited with heart-lung transplant surgeon after 35 years

She underwent the life-changing operation at age 15

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Woman is reunited with her heart-lung transplant surgeon 35 years on

Katie Mitchell had been diagnosed at age 11, in 1983, with Eisenmenger Syndrome, where there is irregular blood flow in the heart and lungs.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022