Ireland's First Kidney Transplant 19.December.1963

Musician makes progress At 4:40 AM on December 19, 1963, a kidney was procured from the deceased donor which, subsequently, was transplanted in the recipient during a 90-minute surgery performed by a medical team including Drs. F.A. Duff, J.P. McMullin, M.P. Brady, Cahill, and F.P. Muldowney. The Evening Herald 07.01.1964 Extract: Mr. Ted Tobin aged 21, of Derry Park, Crumlin, who underwent a kidney graft operation on December 19th, 1963 continues to make progress at St Vincent's Hospital. Mr. Tobin is a wind instrumentalist who has won two gold medals at the Feir Ceoil. The Irish Independent 28.December.1936 quotes one doctor "A young male patient in St Vincent's Hospital, suffering from an advanced incurable disease of both kidneys, has recently been given a transplant of a kidney previously removed and refrigerated. Transplantation to the patient was satisfactorily effected by the operation which took 90 minutes" Unfortunately after 2 months, Mr. Ted Tobin rejected the Kidney and eventually died on 16.February.1964. Mr. Ted Tobin's body was donated to conduct a postmortem to advance medical knowledge. Download The Irish Independent 28.December.1963 & Evening Herald 07.January.1964                Evening Herald 1891-current, Tuesday, January 07, 1964 Page 3 Irish Independent 1905-current, Saturday, December 28, 1963