§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether Mr. Kenneth Harris was transferred to Harefield hospital as a private patient following his heart transplant operation at the Harley street clinic.
§ Mr. WhitneyNo. I understand that following a heart operation on a patient at the Harley street clinic, the view of the clinicians involved was that his condition indicated the need for an immediate heart transplant. In view of his condition it was decided that he should not be moved, and he therefore underwent a heart transplant on 10 January 1986 at the Harley street clinic. The costs of the operation and of his care in the clinic were met by American Medical International. The operation was perfomed by Mr. Magdi Jacoub from Harefield and a team from the clinic. The patient was transferred to Harefield on 15 January to continue his post-operative treatment in the specialist unit there as a National Health Service patient.