Christiaan Barnard and the World's First Successful Human-to-human Heart Transplant

First Successful Heart Transplant

First Human Heart Transplant — December 3, 1967 On December 3, 1967, the world witnessed a medical breakthrough that changed modern science forever. At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, Dr. Christiaan Barnard and his surgical team performed the world’s first human heart transplant, a moment that shocked the world and redefined the limits of medicine. The patient, Louis Washkansky, was suffering from end-stage heart failure. His donor, Denise Darvall, tragically lost her life in an accident, y

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