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Woman who received first face transplant dies
Lille - The world's first recipient of a face transplant, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April "after a long illness", a French hospital said on Tuesday. The hospital in Amiens, northern France, confirmed the death of "Mrs D, the first patient in the world to receive a face transplant in an operation carried out by Professor [Bernard] Devauchelle and his teams on November 27, 2005." The hospital said her death had been kept quiet to protect her family's privacy.
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