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NHS Heart Transplant

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1968

Harold Wilson1968

National Heart Hospital · Government / Labour Party Government

During Harold Wilson's government, donald Ross carries out the first heart transplant in the UK at the National Heart Hospital in London.

Names involved

Harold Wilson

Provenance

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