Everything about Louis Washkansky totally explained
Louis Washkansky (
1913 –
21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human
heart transplant.
Washkansky was a
Lithuanian Jew, who migrated with his friends to
South Africa in
1922, aged nine, and became a
grocer in
Cape Town. Washkansky saw active service in
World War II in
East and
North Africa and
Italy. After the war, he married his wife Ann.
Washkansky was an avid sportsman. He took part in
soccer,
swimming, and
weightlifting. However, late in his life his health declined substantially: he was
diabetic, and had an incurable heart disease, causing him to suffer three
heart attacks. The last of these heart attacks led to
congestive heart failure.
He received his
heart transplant on
3 December 1967, at the
Groote Schuur Hospital in
Cape Town,
South Africa. The donor was
Denise Darvall, who had recently been critically injured in a
car accident, and the procedure was performed by Professor
Christiaan Barnard. It was a success, but Washkansky had a weakened immune system and died of
double pneumonia eighteen days after the transplant.
His grandson,
Dale Washkansky, is a South African artist.
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