Who is Christiaan Barnard?

Correct answer: The Surgeon that performed the first human heart transplant

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Player #153905
Player #153905
Player #102545, Daniel Williams performed the 1st open heart surgery in 1893. The question however was who performed the 1st heart transplant and the answer is correct.
HumorousBugbear33688
HumorousBugbear33688
Proudly South African🇿🇦
AmethystRunner20575
AmethystRunner20575
mr. washkonski unfortunately died soon after the transplant, as did the second transplant recipient, a dentist named philip blaiberg.
RuBurn
RuBurn
Ironstine, the heart transplant was successful. the recipient lived for nearly 2 weeks after the transplant and died of pneumonia. The heart was not at fault for his death.
babyangel1432
babyangel1432
Ruby, im proudly south african
Player #45031636
Player #45031636
Our 18 month old grandson just received a heart ❤ praise 🙏 God
Player #8164039
Player #8164039
Hello, i'm fr South Africa, proud of the Doctor.
Nashville Bound
Nashville Bound
I remember this name from when my sister in law was in med school and was studying and I remember this being one of the questions on one of her quizze' s in cardiology class
xiao68
xiao68
Player #102545, Chris Barnard is very much white and an Afrikaner.
Uninitialized
Uninitialized
Player #102545, Did u look at the picture?
Dd1
Dd1
in South Africa
Malvern
Malvern
Proudly South African But not when this happened during the Apartheid years.
Dalia
Dalia
There are many people who think that receive blood or any organ from another body make that the receiver "receive" more than that organ spiritually talking
Byrde Alpha Bitch
Byrde Alpha Bitch
Corah, Your description sounds more like Daniel Hale Williams (1858-1931) who was: The first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open-heart surgery.
brig
brig
Player #11503902, No need to be mean.
Zap
Zap
Vinith, sister-in-law studied MEDICINE.
josh
josh
AmethystRunner20575, yeah, ikr
Corah
Corah
unfortunately this is not true. The real man after this is a black man. He used to clean up the surgery room and saw everything how it should be done. He showed this man how to do the procedure but because he was black he was not honored this great procedure.
angel
angel
Player #153905, that's amazing. I got information that I can be used someday.
Harshil. 08
Harshil. 08
to be a great day I can do it again and again I was a good time for you to be a great day
khatha
khatha
Proudly South African
Suzie
Suzie
Player #11503902, He said transplant operation. that is different than open heart surgery. He went on to acknowledge that he WAS the first to perform a transplant.
Vickie
Vickie
Player #11503902, exactly what I thought to myself 🤦🏾‍♀️
Ian Kieth
Ian Kieth
just a hunch but im correct hehe
Vinith
Vinith
Nashville Bound, that's quite amazing your sis studied law from a med school....unique example of inter-disciplinary education.....she can perform an operation, and can also defend it in a court of law, in case if the surgery is a success but patient died. Hahahah
Katy Jo
Katy Jo
AmethystRunner20575, I believe I read it was because of tissue transplant! I know a friend! Who takes some kind of pill so won't reject the kidney!? Anyone got answer?
sillybee
sillybee
recently reading about this stirred the controversy about Dr. Naki the unqualified black rarely mentioned surgeon was much later credited with
Chris
Chris
I read a book about him, "The heart of my son", but I can't remember the author's name. It was almost 40 years ago.
CiN
CiN
When South Africa still had electricity and functional hospital's...
Beryl
Beryl
I am South African, so l know this. was a kid when the at the time
Player #50531971
Player #50531971
what is a double heart transplant? double lung yes, but double heart?
Player #17211748
Player #17211748
such a brave surgeon ☺️☺️
Rose
Rose
Player #39095065, yes it was at Groote Schuur in Cape Town
Player #47520708
Player #47520708
Player #39095065, In Cape Town. At Groote Schuur Hospital
JA
JA
Player #153905, yep I'm from SA and C Barnard did the first heart transplant...kid's learn about it in the history books here
Player #39584197
Player #39584197
Ironstine, it was chris Barnard. the patient didn't die bcs there was anything wrong with his heart, he died because of some lung thing a few weeks later or smt. so the operation was successful
Player #39584197
Player #39584197
Player #25874027, nope. Chris Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant, so ya
Player #39584197
Player #39584197
Player #39095065, yes. at the grote schurr hospital. (idk how to spell it sorry) it was in cape town. we learned about it last year but I only know some stuff
Player #39584197
Player #39584197
AmethystRunner20575, he didn't die of heart problems after,he died of lung something