'I never thought I would see my children grow up'
By Neve Gordon-Farleigh
Published on March 11, 2026.
Mark Baker, a 60-year-old man from Attleborough, Norfolk, has celebrated 30 years since he had a heart transplant. He was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 18 and after having a pacemaker fitted, received a new heart when he was 30. The average adult in the UK lives for about 14 years following a heart operation. After a heart attack ten years later, he experienced another heart attack and went into heart failure. He transferred to the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge and waited on the transplant list for a new organ. The first successful heart transplant in the country was performed in 1979 by Sir Terence English at the Royal papworth Hospital.
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