Professor Christiaan Barnard argues that: Heart Transplants should be resumed
Professor Barnard is one of only two surgeons in the world who have continued to perform heart transplants since the first great wave of 1968 died away in an atmosphere of failure and recrimination; the other is Dr Norman Shumway in the USA.
In Britain the Department of Health recently advised surgeons not to do heart transplants until the results are better. Professor Barnard believes this policy is wrong. He argues his case in the theatre of the Royal Institution, London, with Mr Leon Abrams, cardio-thoracic surgeon, Dr James Mowbray, immunologist, Dr Celia Oakley, cardiologist Shirley Williams, MP and an invited audience
Chairman Professor Sir George Porter
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