The UK's longest surviving heart transplant patient is celebrating 30 years since his operation.
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Britain's longest surviving heart transplant patient celebrates 30 years with donated organ and meets the surgeon who …
John McCafferty, 70, from Buckinghamshire, has also defied the odds by living an amazing 25 extra years longer than expected.
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