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
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.
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.
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.
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.
He was a South African heart surgeon at the Groote Schuur hospital Cape Town who transplanted a new heart into the body of Louis Washkansky, The patient lived for about 10 days until rejection got the upper hand.
Yes it was. The world's first human heart transplant was performed by Christian Barnard on December 3, 1967, in Cape Town South Africa on a man called Louis Washkansky.