In which hospital was the first heart and lung transplant performed by Sir Magdi Yacoub?
Harefield Hospital October 1921. Work started on a more permanent structure in 1935 and the new building was opened on 8 October 1937 by the Duke of Gloucester, with many of the wards featuring large open areas to give patients access to the fresh air. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. Amongst the hospital's roll call of distinguished cardiologists were Paul Wood and Walter Somerville. Arguably, the hospital's most famous surgeon was Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, who performed the UK's first heart and lung transplant at Harefield in 1983. Under the leadership of Sir Magdi Yacoub, the Harefield Hospital
Magdi Yacoub Magdi Yacoub Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ( ; born 16 November 1935) is a Coptic Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon. He is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London. Yacoub's achievements include: He was involved in the restart of British heart transplantation in 1980 (there had been a moratorium following the series of three performed by Donald Ross in 1968), carried out the first British live lobe lung transplant and went on to perform more transplants than any other surgeon in the world. He is also the head of Magdi Yacoub heart foundation, which launched Aswan Heart project. A 1980 patient,