Step 1 : Introduction to the question "6. Christiaan Barnard, a famous South African surgeon was the the first to perform what medical procedure?"
...1. liposuction 2. laser surgery 3. heart transplant 4. plastic surgery On December 3rd, 1967 Barnard, assisted by his brother, performed the surgery on a 55 year old patient named Louis Washkansky. The patient suffered from diabetes as well as incurable heart disease. The transplanted heart came from a woman who had died in a car accident. Although Washkansky died after 18 days due to pneumonia, the procedure was a major breakthrough in the world of medicine.
