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'''Derrick Morris''' (c.1930 – 30 July 2005) was, at the time of his death, Europe's longest-surviving [[heart transplant]] patient.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1495322/Record-survivor-of-heart-transplant-dies.html "Record survivor of heart transplant dies" ''The Telegraph'', 2 August 2005. Accessed 21 February 2013]</ref> |
'''Derrick Morris''' (c.1930 – 30 July 2005) was, at the time of his death, Europe's longest-surviving [[heart transplant]] patient.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1495322/Record-survivor-of-heart-transplant-dies.html "Record survivor of heart transplant dies" ''The Telegraph'', 2 August 2005. Accessed 21 February 2013]</ref> |
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Morris, a docker from Swansea, had suffered a heart attack in 1975, and received his new heart in an operation carried out by [[Magdi Yacoub]] at [[Harefield Hospital]] on 23 February 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heart-transplant.co.uk/derrick.html|title=Derrick Morris|website=To Transplant and Beyond|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> The donor was a 26-year-old woman who had been killed in a car crash. Morris was given only a 15% chance of survival, and was told to "live six months at a time",<ref>[http://heartzine.com/news/longest_surviving_heart_transplant_patient_has_died.html Heartzine.com "Longest-surviving Heart Transplant Patient Has Died", 4 August 2005. Accessed 21 February 2013]</ref> but was eventually able to return to work at the docks. He was the eleventh person in the UK to receive a heart transplant, and by the 20th anniversary of his operation, he already held the European record.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/637654.stm BBC News Wales - "Transplant man celebrates 20th anniversary". 10 February 2000. Accessed 21 February 2013]</ref> |
Morris, a docker from Swansea, had suffered a heart attack in 1975, and received his new heart in an operation carried out by [[Magdi Yacoub]] at [[Harefield Hospital]] on 23 February 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heart-transplant.co.uk/derrick.html|title=Derrick Morris|website=To Transplant and Beyond|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> The donor was a 26-year-old woman who had been killed in a car crash. Morris was given only a 15% chance of survival, and was told to "live six months at a time",<ref>[http://heartzine.com/news/longest_surviving_heart_transplant_patient_has_died.html Heartzine.com "Longest-surviving Heart Transplant Patient Has Died", 4 August 2005. Accessed 21 February 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130411022354/http://heartzine.com/news/longest_surviving_heart_transplant_patient_has_died.html |date=11 April 2013 }}</ref> but was eventually able to return to work at the docks. He was the eleventh person in the UK to receive a heart transplant, and by the 20th anniversary of his operation, he already held the European record.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/637654.stm BBC News Wales - "Transplant man celebrates 20th anniversary". 10 February 2000. Accessed 21 February 2013]</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:56, 8 January 2018
Derrick Morris (c.1930 – 30 July 2005) was, at the time of his death, Europe's longest-surviving heart transplant patient.[1]
Morris, a docker from Swansea, had suffered a heart attack in 1975, and received his new heart in an operation carried out by Magdi Yacoub at Harefield Hospital on 23 February 1980.[2] The donor was a 26-year-old woman who had been killed in a car crash. Morris was given only a 15% chance of survival, and was told to "live six months at a time",[3] but was eventually able to return to work at the docks. He was the eleventh person in the UK to receive a heart transplant, and by the 20th anniversary of his operation, he already held the European record.[4]
References
- ^ "Record survivor of heart transplant dies" The Telegraph, 2 August 2005. Accessed 21 February 2013
- ^ "Derrick Morris". To Transplant and Beyond. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ Heartzine.com "Longest-surviving Heart Transplant Patient Has Died", 4 August 2005. Accessed 21 February 2013 Archived 11 April 2013 at archive.today
- ^ BBC News Wales - "Transplant man celebrates 20th anniversary". 10 February 2000. Accessed 21 February 2013