50 years after first successful human heart transplant

It has been 50 years since the world’s first successful human heart transplant. The operation was carried out by Dr Christiaan Barnard at a hospital in Cape Town.

It has been 50 years since the world’s first successful human heart transplant. The operation was carried out by Dr Christiaan Barnard at a hospital in Cape Town.

The procedure is still generating ground-breaking developments.

Al Jazeera’s Tania Page reports from Cape Town.