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HAMILTON NAKI - FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT - CHRISTIAAN BARNARD GROOTE SCHUUR HOSPITAL DECEMBER 1967 - BARNARD himself would have been in - supervised - and performed the                           essential dissection of the DONOR HEART in B theatre - assisted by TERRY O'DONOVAN - who would have closed the chest once the DONOR HEART was removed - BARNARD would  himself take the HEART to A Theatre where his NUMBER ONE ASSISTANT - RODNEY HEWITSON - would have opened the chest of patient WASHKANSKY- assisted by HANNES MEYER and FRANCOIS HITCHCOCK = Two Senior Residents in the Cardiac Surgical Unit - MARIUS BARNARD was not involved in any way in the transplant of the DONOR HEART - BARNARD  himself would complete the dissection and removal of the PATIENT'S DISEASED HEART - HEWITSON and a RESIDENT would CLOSE THE CHEST to complete the   OPERATION - MARIUS BARNARD was not involved or responsible for any detail of the post operative care of the PATIENT - HAMILTON NAKI was in truth a KINGPIN in the CARDIAC RESEARCH LABORATORY in the MEDICAL SCHOOL - He NEVER had any part in Clinical Surgery at GROOTE SCHUUR HOSPITAL