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Heart Transplant
It was over 40 years ago today that a team of surgeons carried out the world's first heart transplant at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. One member of that team remembers the operation and its aftermath.
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BBC World Service Online
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- Thu 3 Dec 200900:50GMTBBC World Service Online
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