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Firsts at Methodist Hospital

1965 First open heart surgery in Indiana
1966 First artificial kidney
1968 First two community health centers at Fletcher Place and Central Avenue United Methodist Church
1972 First kidney transplant in Indiana
1974 First CAT scan in the state
1979 LifeLine airborne emergency service begun
1982 First successful heart transplant in the world replaced heart of Annie Gardner who was present at the Oct. 25 event
1984 First use of an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter to crush kidney stones
1989 First heart-lung transplant in Indiana
1990 First implant of an insulin pump in the Midwest
1991 First double lung-heart transplant in Indiana
1997 Methodist, Riley and IU Hospitals become Clarian Health
2002 daVinci Surgical System first installed

Last updated on 25 Apr 2008


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