On this day, 39 years ago, on December 17, 1986 (November 16, 1986, the world's first simultaneous heart-lung and liver transplantation was completed. On December 17, 1986, the world's first simultaneous heart, lung and liver transplantation was completed at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England. According to BBC television news, the operation was performed on a 35-year-old woman from Yorkshire, northern England. The operation was performed by a medical team of 15 people and lasted seven hours. Heart and lung transplants were performed first, followed by liver transplants. The heart, lungs and liver organs transplanted in this operation came from the same donor, minimizing the chance of body rejection after the operation. According to a spokesperson for Papworth Hospital, the patient's condition after the operation was satisfactory.