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Sunday, October 3, 2010

World first as boy, 15, given a robot heart | Mail Online

World first as boy, 15, given a robot heart | Mail Online: "A boy of 15 has become the first child in the world to be given a permanent artificial heart.

The unnamed Italian boy had the ten-hour operation last week and was said to be well and talking in intensive care last night.

As he has the muscle-wasting illness Duchenne’s syndrome, he was ineligible for a heart transplant."

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