Five-year-old in China survives surgery with help from groundbreaking artificial heart


Doctors at the hospital in Tianjin held a small celebration on Dec 10 as Xiaoni left the ward. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING: A five-year-old girl who became the world's first recipient of a dual-chamber artificial heart with fully magnetically levitated pumps has been discharged from a hospital in China after making a full recovery.

Doctors at TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital (TICH) in Tianjin held a small celebration on Wednesday (Dec 10) as the child, known as Xiaoni, left the ward. Staff wished her a healthy future after a medical journey they described as "extraordinary".

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