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A woman who underwent a life-saving heart transplant more than 15 years ago was able to visit her original heart when it went on display at London’s Hunterian Museum.
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 22 May 2023
A woman who underwent a life-saving heart transplant more than 15 years ago was able to visit her original heart when it went on display at London’s Hunterian Museum.
Jennifer Sutton from Hampshire, UK, described the experience as “incredibly surreal” after visiting the organ with the surgeon who performed the operation.
“The minute you first walk in you think ‘That used to be inside my body’. But it’s quite nice too – it’s like my friend. It kept me alive for 22 years and I’m quite proud of it really,” Sutton told the BBC.
Located inside the Royal College of Surgeon’s headquarters in Holborn, the heart is part of the Hunterian Museum’s 2,000-strong collection, including preserved human and animal remains, surgical instruments, equipment, paintings and models.
The museum, which shares the UK’s ‘grisly’ history of surgery and medicine, has recently reopened to the public following a six-year, multi-million-pound redevelopment, helmed by London-based design studio Casson Mann.
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