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Mother saved by heart pump invention

A young mother who was facing death has a new lease of life because she can now plug herself into the electric mains to keep her faulty heart beating.

A young mother who was facing death has a new lease of life because she can now plug herself into the electric mains to keep her faulty heart beating.

Kirstin Taylor, 32, was told the future was bleak after a massive heart attack stopped the organ from functioning properly.