South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Capetown, South Africa on December 3, 1967. Fifty-three year-old Lewis Washkansky's heart was surgically replaced during the successful 9-hour operation. Sadly, Mr. Washkansky lived for only 18 after the operation succumbing to double pneumonia.
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