Today, 58 years ago, on December 21, 1967, the world¡¯s first heart transplant patient died. Dr. Christian Barnard successfully performed the first human heart transplant in a Cape Town hospital. On December 4, 1967, Louis Waschkansky, the world¡¯s first heart transplant patient, survived 18 days after the heart of a 25-year-old woman who died in a car accident, and died on December 21, 1967, in Cape Town, South Africa. The heart transplant was performed by a team of five surgeons led by Christian N. Barnard on December 4, 1967. The surgery was carried out on December 21, 1967, when a 25-year-old woman died in a car accident. On the night before the operation, the doctor explained the surgery to Washington and his wife¡¯s chest, and asked if he wanted to transplant the heart of Cancer only when the heart was removed. After the heart