Bravery praised
The bravery of the Christchurch heart transplant patient, Phillip Robinson, has been praised by members of the Green Lane Hospital transplant team. Four days after successfully becoming New Zealand’s second heart transplant patient, the 13-year-old suffered a brain haemorrhage. He underwent two neurosurgical operations to relieve the pressure on his brain and remained critically ill for more than a week. The hospital reported yesterday that Phillip was making
“pleasing progress’? a month after the heart transplant was performed on Christmas Day. The haemorrhage has apparently left no lasting mental or physical effects. “Phillip has normal function of body and mind. There is a defect of vision which is not proving very troublesome. He is reading, watching television and is managing to complete complicated jigsaw puzzles without difficulty,” said the Auckland Hospital public affairs manager, Ms Wendy Mehaney, yesterday afternoon. The cause of the haemorrhage remains uncertain. -
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