Doctor Christian Barnard performed the first successful transplant of which human organ?
Correct answer: Heart
SUNSHINE5837
when my son died at 25 donating donating his organs really meant a lot and got me through my grieving. Knowing that he helped others to live.
Player #3671151
Player #91993, I am a Heart Transplant recipient it's been twenty-three years.
Player #91993
QuackingTank2311, you really have no understanding of transplants. Organ donors give a secind chance to many people. Thank you to every family that has allowed another to live.
Player #4611931
Player #4531063 Um y, My son received a transplant six years ago He has been in touch with the mother of the donor heart a ever since Each year on donors birthday and so on This has helped a lot
Newcomer4626
The first successful heart transplant was administered by Hamilton Naki. Dr. Christaan Bernard had taken the credit because Hamilton Naki was a black man in apartheid era in South Africa
Trader KR=10
A bit more info would have been nice.
Louis Washkansky lived for 18 days with his new hart.
jennycat Of Lionvale
I have been an organ donor since I was old enough to do so and it isn’t hope that if something were to happen to me I would be able to help another person to have a second chance at living a longer life . People may think it’s odd to give away their body parts after death but for me it’s a form of transcendence to have a part of me love on after my mortal body would normally return to the earth.
Grumpy Old Man
Keek, The transplant was a success but he died 18 days later from double pneumonia.
Player #3906185
ThemightyVictoria, Well Victoria the truth is that your learning about many things that an eight year old isn't expected tokm know. so keep playing the game and never be discouraged by an incorrect answer. you're still learning and that's what is important oh buy the way many of older people did not get the answer right. keep asking questions and learning
Player #16244874
Newcomer4626, correction...Naki was a SELF-TAUGHT surgeon yet with such respective skill that he was chosen by Christaan N. Barnard to secretly ASSIST. Sadly and shamefully his contribution was kept secret until the apartheid was over in 1991 (shameful!)
Naki left school when he was a very young 14 years old. He was hired as a gardener at University of Cape town, S. Africa. While there, he covertly observed surgeries from which he was able to teach himself th
Reina
Newcomer4626, Wow! Thanks for sharing that information 🤗
Teka
Newcomer4626, thank you I was about to write it up here smh
marieshope
Player #54647483, same here
marieshope
Phil 'sum guy', that's how I feel about it too!
marieshope
Cleofus , no NOT an African American. A south African man
marieshope
Player #16244874, thank you! let the Truth be known!
marieshope
Newcomer4626, that's so wrong that Naki didn't get the credit
kaka
jennycat Of Lionvale, hi . pls which organ or tissue have u donated . just curious . well done
noor ullah
I want to do cardiology 🫀🫀🫀 now I am in grade 10th
MD
SUNSHINE5837, I thank you and may your son rest in peace
Big John
Mike, This is a sinful world, work together? Please.
Big John
Player #3906185, Yes, very good, if your American.
Big John
Grumpy Old Man, Nobody gets out of this alive.
Big John
jennycat Of Lionvale, Bloody Libral.
Big John
You tell em' BRO.
Artie
I remember this as if it were yesterday as it was an incredible advance in medicine and surgery. Now so many people have their lives extended and/or improved thanks to the work of this man. Quite a feather in the cap for South Africa.
Kashmir
Trader KR=10, well it still was the first attempt
Kashmir
Newcomer4626, wow not cool
gostbuster
Newcomer4626, wow that's an amazing fact!!!!
gostbuster
Player #3671151, OMG I am so happy for you that is amazing
Tony
He was not the first to preform this surgery.
Cozzy25
Trader KR=10, heart, not hart!!
Amraj
Newcomer4626, Naki was not a surgeon but his assistant in the operation. he played an important role but did not do the transplant
Mike
Newcomer4626, I thought it was both doctors working together.
beautifulride236
Player #3671151, I've had my heart for 34. not an easy road, but I'm still here
ali
okay that's good
marimargo
B*, Not totally unrelated. The heart must be strong enough to help pump fluid out of the lungs. If it isn't, the fluid stays in the lungs, bacteria has a wonderful environment to grow (warm, moisture, dark) and that's how pneumonia thrives. ĺ
I'm not saying that was the case here, but a distinct possibility
marimargo
Cleofus , An Afro-American is a person of African decent who lives in Amerca. Hamilton Naki lived in South Africa.
marimargo
So many people take medical discoveries for granted. This explains the intricacies of the steps involved in the advances in medicine.
Nanny
SUNSHINE5837, so sorry for your loss.