13-month-old baby in Madrid gets intestine transplant in pioneering operation

STORY: 13-month-old baby in Madrid gets intestine transplant in pioneering operation DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of transplant at Madrid's La Paz Hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): DANIEL, Emma's father 3. various of doctors at Madrid's La Paz Hospital 4. various of Emma 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): BELEN ESTEBANZ, Medical Coordinator for Transplants, Madrid's La Paz Hospital 6. various of Emma, her parents and the doctor team at Madrid's La Paz Hospital STORYLINE: A 13-month-old baby girl Emma has become the first person in the world to receive a multivisceral intestine transplant from a donation carried out in controlled asystole. It was confirmed on Tuesday by the medical team at Madrid's La Paz Hospital, where the operation was carried out. Asystole donation means that the donor has already died and although intestine transplant operations from living donors have been possible, this is the first time an intestine has been transplanted fr