Today, Wednesday, the American Maryland Hospital announced the death of the first person who underwent an operation heart transplant From a pig, two months after the new experiment.
David Bennett, 57, died at the University of Maryland Medical Center. While the doctors did not mention the exact cause of death, they only said that his condition began to deteriorate several days ago.
Bennett’s son praised the hospital for providing the latest experience, saying the family hopes it will help do more to end the organ shortage.
For decades, doctors have sought to someday use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Bennett, a worker from Hagerstown, Maryland, was a candidate for this new attempt only because he faced certain death, ineligible for a human heart transplant, bedridden and on life support, and out of other options.