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Christiaan Barnard
- Competition: The greatest hero of South Africa
- Description: Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.[1][2] On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident-victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washkansky regaining full consciousness and being able to talk easily with his wife, before dying eighteen days later of pneumonia, largely brought on by the anti-rejection drugs that suppressed his immune system.
- Url / Web link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard
- Photo author: By Mario De Biasi (Mondadori Publishers) - http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-heart-surgeon-christiaan-barnard-sitting-on-a-sofa-next-news-photo/482266987, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41279001
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