Dr. Chris Barnard is born Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical practioner who performed the first heart transplant, was born in Beaufort West, Western Cape. Dr. Barnard studied medicine at the University of Cape Town. His first practice was at Ceres, also in the Western Cape. Dr. Barnard became famous for leading a team that successfully performed the first heart transplant on a human being. Click here to read more about the operation.
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8 November 1922
Dr. Chris Barnard, medical practitioner who performed the first heart transplant, is born
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- 01ZAR,'Dr. Chris Barnard is born', [Online]Available at: www.zar.co.za,[Accessed: 07 October 2013]
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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Dr. Chris Barnard, medical practitioner who performed the first heart transplant, is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011451
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