Hospital celebrates 50 years of kidney transplants

By Harriet Alexander
Updated August 8 2015 - 10:08am, first published August 2 2015 - 12:55pm
Carolyn Hochkins is the second longest surviving kidney recipient. Photo: John Veage
Carolyn Hochkins is the second longest surviving kidney recipient. Photo: John Veage
Carolyn Hochkins on her kidney dialysis machine in the 1970s. Photo: Carolyn and Don Hochkins
Carolyn Hochkins on her kidney dialysis machine in the 1970s. Photo: Carolyn and Don Hochkins
The intensive care unit at Prince Henry Hospital where the donor was located for the first kidney transplant in the mid-1960s. Photo: Prince of Wales Hospital
The intensive care unit at Prince Henry Hospital where the donor was located for the first kidney transplant in the mid-1960s. Photo: Prince of Wales Hospital

Carolyn Hochkins knows only one thing about the person to whom she owes her life, and she learnt it from her physician.

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