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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Pig Heart in Human

 


         Heart is a major organ of our human body. On 3 December 1967 a South African cardiac surgeon name Christiaan Neethling Barnard performed first human to human heart transplant operation.The heart of  Denise Darvali a accident victim into Louis Washkansky of 54 years old. After gaining full consciousness  Washkasky died after 18 days.

Now in our question arises.....  Can a pig heart can replace a human heart???

At the university of MarylandMedical Centre on January 7, 2022. Bartley P. Griffith an American Heart surgeon, performed first successful Transplant of a genetically modified pig heart to a 57 years old David Bennett Sr. He dies after two months.


                                                    Dr Dhaniram Baruah

Before  25 years of Bartley P. Griffith. On 1 January 1997 a Indian heart surgeon from  Assam  in India Dhaniram Baruah performed the world first heart transplant a pig’s heart in human body. The transplant was performed on Purna Saikia, worked for seven days. 

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