A VIDEO shows the nail-biting moment a surgeon is forced to remove a patient's heart after it stops mid-operation. Joanna, 48, was in desperate need of a heart transplant and was on the operating table waiting for her new donor heart to arrive when her own gave out. 5 Joanna, 48, was in desperate need of a heart transplant as she was suffering from heart failure Credit: Channel 5 5 A donor match was found and she was prepped for surgery Credit: Channel 5 5 But Joanna's heart stopped beating before the donor heart had arrived Credit: Channel 5 Quick-thinking surgeons were forced to remove Joanna's failing heart as her life hung in the balance.
The operation was documented on the new series The Hospital: Life on the Line , airing on Mondays on Channel 5. The dramatic series goes inside the cardiology ward at NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank to follow dedicated staff as they mend hearts and provide a lifeline to patients. For weeks, Joanna thought she was coming down with Covid.
But her world came crashing down when doctors delivered the shocking news that her health was in serious trouble as she was on the brink of heart failure. Heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump blood around the body properly, usually because it has become too weak or stiff. Symptoms of the condition can include breathlessness, fatigue, swollen legs or ankles and feeling lightheaded and fainting.
The 48-year-old was told she'd need an urgent heart transplant and that her own heart wa.
