Fate of Barnard’s heart museum at Groote Schuur in the balance
53-year old Louis Washkansky. The procedure, performed by a medical team of 30, lasted six hours. Washkansky died 18 days ...
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Christiaan Barnard
Barnard had a patient, 55-year-old Louis Washkansky, who had diabetes and incurable heart disease. Washkansky could either wait for certain death or risk transplant surgery with an 80 percent ...