Louis Washkansky died in 1967.
Louis Washkansky was born in 1913.
Louis Washkansky
Dale Washkansky was born in 1980.
he had a heart transplant on the 3rd December 1967. he had it in a place called cape town. in south Africa!
The world's first human heart transplant was performed by Christiaan Barnard on a man called Louis Washkansky in 1967.
MEDICAL HISTORYIn December 1967 Louis Washkansky, a patient in this country claimed, "I am a new Frankenstein"South Africa
The first heart transplant was performed in December 3,1967, on Louis Washkansky by surgeon Dr. Christian Barnard, at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Capetown, South Africa.
Louis' lived in Doncaster until 2010 after The X Factor when he started to live in London for his career.
On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky. The surgery was a success. However, the medications that were given to Washkansky to prevent his immune system from attacking the new heart also supressed his body's ability to fight off other illnesses. Eighteen days after the operation, Washkansky died of double pneumonia.
about 73 years.he died of strokes.
The first human heart transplant was performed on December 3, 1967. The operation was led by a surgeon named Christiaan Barnard, in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. At the time, it was one of the most widely publicized events in the world. Louis Washkansky was the recipient of the heart. First human heart transplant On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old Louis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.