Transplant of heart fails continued from page one
A 25 year old woman in a fatal car crash donated a healthy heart that was transplanted into a 55 year old gro cer. The Brooklyn operation began a week prior and occurred at 1 p.m. Dr Kantrowitz led the team. Maimonides sent notices to 500 U.S. hospitals seeking a donor. The younger child born in Philadelphia with brain damage died within days.
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Battle Near Con Thien Escalates With Air and Ground Attacks
U S and allied forces pressed operations around Con Thien with B52 raids near the DMZ and artillery strikes, while Navy destroyers hit targets offshore. Vietnamese and U.S. units reported multiple clashes across Hue Da Nang and Saigon sectors, including mass Viet Cong defections and officer killings in separate engagements.
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Capetown Man Gains Strength After Heart Transplant
Louis Washkansky left his isolation to undergo cobalt therapy in Groote Schuur Hospital four days after receiving a donor heart. Doctors report no immunological rejection yet as he shows gradual improvement, with hopes of going home in three weeks if stability continues. A separate pediatric heart transplant in New York failed after six and a half hours, leaving doctors puzzled by the early setback.
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