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First heart transplant operation

First heart transplant operation
Who
Louis Washkansky
What
First
Where
South Africa (Cape Town,)
When
03 December 1967
The first successful heart transplant operation was performed by Prof. Christiaan Neethling Barnard (South Africa, 1922 - 2001) and a team of 30 physicians on Louis Washkansky (South Africa), at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa ,between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on 3 December 1967. The donor was Denise Ann Darvall (South Africa), aged 25. Washkansky survived for 18 days with the new heart.