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Article: A WILL FOR LIFE: 'My vital operation also saved the life of a child' KEVIN 'DIED' FIVE TIMES WAITING FOR SURGERY AND HAS NOW RESUMED A NORMAL LIFE - HE GIVES HIS FULL BACKING TO OUR CAMPAIGN TO FUND HEART RESEARCH.(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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Byline: Alison Duck
RESEARCH into heart disease not only saved Kevin Oliver, but also enabled him to give a life to a child. On the third day of our campaign to raise money for the National Heart Research Fund, feature writer ALISON DUCK tells his amazing story.
WHEN Kevin Oliver was waiting for a new heart, he technically 'died' five times. Each time his heart stopped beating, he was brought back to life - but no-one expected him to last long enough to be fitted with a donor organ.
While undergoing tests to see if he would be able to cope with the ...