Mrs. Butlerasked the Minister of Health what information he has as to the ages of three patients at Hammersmith Hospital upon whom successful hole-in-the-heart operations are reported to have been performed with the use of a heart-lung machine; what was the type of heart-lung machine used during the operations; and whether the patients were suffering from auricular or ventricular defects.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI am informed that the ages were 15, 19 and 38, that a British machine was used, and that all had multiple defects including ventricular septal defects in two cases.