He felt that medical technology had replaced the personal doctor—patient relationship. Days before his death, at the age of almost 79 he stated that he had no regrets. It positioned the African region at the forefront of medical innovation and inspired the next generation of health professionals in Africa and worldwide.
Many of the inventors of this journey will have come together in Cape Town. Yet, an event celebrating the most outstanding example of courage and innovation in cardiac surgery must also address today's need for a quantum leap of comparable magnitude. Rather than surgical, contemporary challenges are socio-economic in the developed and the developing world.
It is the intention of all participants to create a focused and prioritised blueprint for all stakeholders, to improve awareness, education and access, for a deadly disease which may affect more than double the number of patients infected with HIV.
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University of Cape Town no date. This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint Theatre at Groote Schuur Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty which included his brother Marius , were well equipped to perform the nine hour long operation. The recipient was Louis Washkansky, a fifty three year old grocer with a debilitating heart condition. From the legal aspect there had to be clear rules to remove organs from the human body and criterion of death.
He performed the first kidney transplant at Groote Schuur on Mrs Edith Black and everything functioned perfectly. It was hailed as a major surgical event in SA. Professor Val Schrire, who had built up the Cardiac Clinic, was informed by Chris in October "Everything is ready for a heart transplant. We have the team and we know how to do it.
In November Prof Schrire called Chris and told him that there was a suitable patient for a heart transplant. Louis Washkansky was suffering from gross heart failure with a short time to live and was prepared to take the chance. One can say the rest is history.
A series of events were set in motion which led to the first human heart transplant, a remarkable feat. A young woman, Denise Darvall, had been struck by a car and suffered severe brain damage. Her father did not hesitate when approached for permission to donate her organs. On 3 December the team emerged from 9 hours of operating and suddenly international attention was focused on Groote Schuur Hospital.
The first heart transplant could not have been achieved without the skill and support of a large team - Cardiologists, Radiologists, Anaesthetists, Technicians, Nurses, Immunologists, Pathologists, and in particular, Prof Val Schrire, head of the Cardiac Clinic. The original theatre where this transplant was performed has been turned into a museum in honour of these pioneers of medicine, and to the first donor and recipient.
Professor Christiaan Barnard passed away in Cyprus, Greece on 2 September from an acute asthma attack. Skip to main content.
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