Dr Christiaan Barnard checks on his patient, Philip Blaiberg, in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, after a successful open heart transplant.

Blaiberg was the third person to receive a heart transplant, the first open heart transplant was also conducted by Barnard. The 58-year-old dentist received his new heart on 2 January 1968 from Clive Haupt, a 24-year-old textile worker who had died from a stroke on a Cape Town beach the day before. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African. Blaiberg returned home after two months in hospital. He died on 17 August 1969 from heart complications. 

Philip Blaiberg is having his breakfast in the sterile unit of the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, after a successful open heart transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard.

Blaiberg was the third person to receive a heart transplant, the first open heart transplant was also conducted by Barnard. The 58-year-old dentist received his new heart on 2 January 1968 from Clive Haupt, a 24-year-old textile worker who had died from a stroke on a Cape Town beach the day before. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African. Blaiberg returned home after two months in hospital. He died on 17 August 1969 from heart complications. 

Mrs. Blaiberg in sterile clothes before she can take a look at her husband, Philip Blaiberg, after his heart transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.

Blaiberg was the third person to receive a heart transplant, the first open heart transplant was also conducted by Barnard. The 58-year-old dentist received his new heart on 2 January 1968 from Clive Haupt, a 24-year-old textile worker who had died from a stroke on a Cape Town beach the day before. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African. Blaiberg returned home after two months in hospital. He died on 17 August 1969 from heart complications. 

Nurse Ingemarie Papendiek disinfects Philiph Blaiberg's mouth, nose and ears, after his successful heart transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital.

Blaiberg was the third person to receive a heart transplant, the first open heart transplant was also conducted by Barnard. The 58-year-old dentist received his new heart on 2 January 1968 from Clive Haupt, a 24-year-old textile worker who had died from a stroke on a Cape Town beach the day before. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African. Blaiberg returned home after two months in hospital. He died on 17 August 1969 from heart complications.

Philip Blaiberg is having breakfast in the sterile unit of Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, after his successful open heart transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard.

Blaiberg was the third person to receive a heart transplant, the first open heart transplant was also conducted by Barnard. The 58-year-old dentist received his new heart on 2 January 1968 from Clive Haupt, a 24-year-old textile worker who had died from a stroke on a Cape Town beach the day before. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African. Blaiberg returned home after two months in hospital. He died on 17 August 1969 from heart complications.

Portrait of the South African cardiac surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard in the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.

Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant. On 2 January 1968, the 58-year-old dentist Philip Blaiberg, was the second person to receive a new heart by Barnard. Donor was Clive Haupt, a 24-year-old textile worker who had died from a stroke on a Cape Town beach the day before. Blaiberg's transplant gained additional media attention because the donor was a black South African. Blaiberg returned home after two months in hospital. He died on 17 August 1969 from heart complications.

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