Dorothy Fisher, SA’s first female heart transplant patient, dies, twelve years after she had received her new heart.

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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Dorothy Fisher, SA’s first female heart transplant patient, dies, twelve years after she had received her new heart.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092622

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"Dorothy Fisher, SA’s first female heart transplant patient, dies, twelve years after she had received her new heart.." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092622. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Dorothy Fisher, SA’s first female heart transplant patient, dies, twelve years after she had received her new heart.." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092622.