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-DEATH-Christiaan Neethling Barnard Christiaan Barnard

Date

2nd Sep 2001
Expired!

Time

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23 Years ago

Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan Neethling Barnard a South African cardiac surgeon. He performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted accident victim Denise Darvall’s heart into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, who survived for 18 days, before died of pneumonia .