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The Heart of Cape Town is a museum complex located in theย Groote Schuur Hospital. The hospital was founded in 1938, and is an institution renowned for being the site of the firstย heart transplant. In 1967, Cape Town surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the surgery on the patient, Louisย Washkansky.
The museum includes a guided tour of the original operating theatres with aย aย recreation of the surgery,ย background history of the surgery, the donor, the recipient and Dr Christiaan Barnard. Booking for these tours is essential.