David Bennett
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 82 |
Books | A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus |
Wuthering Heights | |
Date of birth | December 22,1941 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Party | Democratic Party |
Position | Rhode Island State Representative |
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since 2011 | |
Education | Rhode Island College |
Community College of Rhode Island | |
Harvard Law School | |
The University of Sydney | |
The Scots College | |
Born | Amersham |
United Kingdom | |
Previous position | Solicitor-General of Australia (1998–2008) |
Current partner | Annabelle Bennett |
Awards | Centenary Medal |
Children | Lyria, Tala, Paul |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 438721 |
David Bennett Life story
David Michael John Bennett AC, KC is an Australian barrister and former Solicitor-General of Australia.
Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants?
... Their patient, David Bennett, 57, had severe heart failure...
Man given genetically modified pig heart dies
... David Bennett, who had terminal heart disease, survived for two months following the surgery in the US...
Man who had pig heart transplant was guilty of 1988 stabbing
... David Bennett, 57, was convicted of the 1988 stabbing of Edward Shumaker, his sister told Radio 4 s Today show...
Pig heart transplant an absolute miracle, says patient's son
... David Bennett, 57, underwent the experimental seven-hour procedure as a " last choice" after being deemed ineligible for a human transplant...
Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant
... David Bennett is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore, doctors say...
Man who had pig heart transplant was guilty of 1988 stabbing
The Man who received once stabbed A Man seven times leaving him paralysed, his victim's family have revealed.
David Bennett , 57, was convicted of the 1988 stabbing of Edward Shumaker, his sister told Radio 4 's Today show.
Leslie Shumaker Downey said that her brother died in 2007 after almost two decades of medical complications linked to The Attack .
She Said Mr Bennett was an unworthy recipient of the pioneering surgery.
But The Team who carried out the operation said that someone's criminal record could never be grounds for refusing them treatment.
The Attack took place in April 1988 when Mr Bennett's wife sat on the lap of Mr Shumaker, who was 22, Ms Downey said.
In an apparent jealous rage, Mr Bennett stabbed Mr Shumaker in the back repeatedly.
Mr Bennett was found guilty of battery and carrying a Concealed Weapon and was sentenced to 10 Years in prison.
Ms Downey said nobody had contacted her about Mr Bennett receiving The Pig heart, and only heard The News when Her Daughter messaged her.
" My second daughter sent me an instant message and said: 'Mum, this is The Man who stabbed uncle Ed. ' I then read The Story and got angry because he had received The Heart , " She Said .
Mr Bennett is recovering after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore.
The transplant was considered the Last Hope of saving Mr Bennett's life, though it is Not Yet clear what his long-term chances of survival are.
But Ms Downey said she did not believe he deserved The Heart .
" They're putting Bennett in the storylines, portraying him as a hero and a pioneer but he's nothing of that sort, " She Said .
" I think The Doctors who did the surgery should be getting all the praise for what they have done, not Mr Bennett. "
Mr Shumaker was confined to a wheelchair as a result of The Attack , before he had a stroke in 2005 and died two years later.
" My Brother suffered for 19 years and the outcome of it [was] my whole family suffered, " Ms Downey said.
But Mr Bennett's doctors said that past crimes do not disqualify patients from getting such procedures.
" It is the solemn obligation of any hospital or Health Care organization to provide lifesaving care to every patient who comes through their doors based on their medical needs, " officials at the University of Maryland Medical Centre
" Any other standard of care would set a dangerous precedent and would violate The Ethical and moral values that underpin the obligation physicians and caregivers have to all patients in their care. "
Source of news: bbc.com