when was the very first heart transplant, who did it, and where was the hopital?

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First Heart Transplant
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.

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The first artificial heart transplant was done on Barney Clark in 1978.
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It was done on the day my daughter was born and we saved the newspaper! Sorry it is packed away somewhere or I would give details.

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