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Medical miracle: 50 years since first heart transplant

Dec 05, 2017 Irene Lamunu Latest News Comments Off on Medical miracle: 50 years since first heart transplant


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Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967.

This week marks a significant milestone in experimental surgery – one that would be cheered, debated, and forever talked about. Fifty years ago, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard successfully performed the first human-to-human heart transplant.

Since then, thousands of lives have been saved by this groundbreaking technology, mostly in developed nations.

Five decades later, nearly 4,000 people have the surgery each year, with an average wait time of about 191 days.

So how far have we come since that medical milestone? And what heart technology will help shape the future?

Presenter: Laura Kyle

Guests:

Dr Stephen Westaby – Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College

Dr Olivia Gilbert – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

James Styan – author of Heartbreaker: Christiaan Barnard and the First Heart Transplant

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/12/medical-miracle-50-years-heart-transplant-171204171244819.html


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