Dr Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world's first heart transplant, shows the results of his...

Dr Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world's first heart transplant, shows the results of his plastic surgery to journalists in Cape Town, September 1, 2000. Barnard, who underwent the operation to deal with skin cancer, was speaking at a press conference to highlight the plight of 13 month old Zimbabwean Peter Malambo who has been brought to the country by Barnard's foundation to undergo treatment for a congenital heart defect. Barnard said that heart surgery had come a long way in the three decades since his pioneering work that made him an overnight celebrity.