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Blaiberg Rites Today as Transplant Pioneers Remembered
Cape Town AP Dr. Philip Blaiberg the former transplant patient died of heart failure due to kidney failure and pneumonia. His 1968 transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard marked a landmark in medical history. Funeral planned at a Cape Town crematorium with a Jewish Reform rabbi officiating.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Marius Barnard
Cristian Barnard
Bisalberg
Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Jill
Nesta
Washkansky Om
Dorothy Haupt
Malatto
Barnard Blaiberg
Hattie
Fuiroses Legen
Pisberg
Pikene Cer
Eva Cezularly
Cane