heart transplants

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has reached the one-month mark and a hospital video shows he's working hard to recover.

The move is widely considered the first step in restructuring Jackson Health’s cardiac care after it was closed down for five months this year.

Doctors said the 58-year-old patient wasn’t eligible for a traditional heart transplant. While the next few weeks will be critical, doctors were thrilled at his early response to the genetically modified pig organ.

The man pleaded multiple times to get his medication to prevent organ rejection and was denied. It's not the first time the jail's medical contractor was involved in an inmate's death.

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While one Florida hospital has been approved for adult heart transplants, another is temporarily closing its lung-transplant program.Memorial Regional…