Funeral for Dr Clark
NZPA-Reuter Seattle Dr Barney Clark, the first man to receive a permanent artificial heart, was buried yesterday while the plastic and metal heart that kept him alive for 112 days underwent tests in a hospital laboratory. Dr Clark, aged 62, a retired Seattle dentist, died last week at the University of Utah Medical Centre in Salt Lake City. Doctors said
that his body system collapsed. His polyurethane and aluminium artificial heart, which doctors said had worked perfectly until he died, remained at the medical centre. It is being tested for signs of stress. Doctors have said that the heart, the size of a clenched fist and operated by an external pump, could be used again. But designers
are working on an improved model. Doctors and nurses who cared for Dr Clark after the operation and William Ruckelshaus, President Ronald Reagan’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, attended the funeral. Dr Clark is survived by his widow, Una Loy.
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