THE MAN given the first beating-heart transplant in Britain spoke last night of his joy at being given a new lease of life.
Michael Burt, 58, had only six months to live when the call came from Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire a month ago.
He was the first patient in the UK to be given a heart transplant using a new technique that keeps the heart beating while it is transported from donor to recipient.
The technique, developed by a US company and under trial in the UK and Germany, could transform transplant surgery by making more organs available – and in much better condition – than in the past.
Mr Burt, a retired builder, is now back home in Burnham Market, Norfolk, and feeling