Rise in patients on heart transplant waiting list
(WorldNews Health)

3 December 2017 Greg Jones The number of people on the waiting list for a new heart in the UK has risen by 162 per cent since 2008, with around 250 people now anxiously awaiting the life-saving operation first carried out in South Africa 50 years ago today. The figure from NHS Blood and Transplant shows the growing need for potential donors to make their wishes known so that more lives can be saved. 50 years of heart transplants On the 50th anniversary of the world`s first heart transplant, the BHF is encouraging people to talk to their loved ones about organ donation. Around half of all adults in England have never...