Record number of heart transplants over the past year

One patient told STV News that she will always be grateful to her donor

A record number of heart transplants have been carried out over the past year.

Doctors say the advance in technology and the “opt out” donor system has increased the number of organs that can be used to save lives.

40 procedures took place at the specialist heart failure ward in Glasgow during 2022.

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