Zwarte Chirurg (Trans)

8/3/2019 Zwarte Chirurg (Trans)

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Dr. HAMILTON NAKIDr. HAMILTON NAKI

The secret blackThe secret black

surgeonsurgeon


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Hamilton Naki, a black SouthHamilton Naki, a black South--African aged 78, died in mai 2005.African aged 78, died in mai 2005.The news was not reported in the press, but his story is of one of the mostThe news was not reported in the press, but his story is of one of the most

remarkable of the de XXth century.remarkable of the de XXth century.NAKI WAS a GREAT SURGEON!NAKI WAS a GREAT SURGEON!


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It was he who in 1967 removed the heart from a female donor, the heart was then

transplanted into the body of Louis Washkanky, the first successful heart transplant on aman in Cape Town.

It was a very delicate task: the heart had to be removed with thegreatest care and then stored.


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..NAkI was the second most important man in the team that performed the first heart

transplant in history. But he could never appear, because he was black in the land ofapartheid


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The chief surgeon of the team, the whiteThe chief surgeon of the team, the white Dr. Christian BarnardDr. Christian Barnard,,

immediately became a celebrity.immediately became a celebrity.

.


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Hamilton Naki was not allowed to appear on photos with the team.

If he accidentally got on such a picture, the hospital said he was a member of thecleaning service


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Naki was wearing the surgical cap and mask, but he had never studied

medicine or surgery. He had left school at the age of 14. He was agardener at the School of Medicine in Cape Town ..


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He began by cleaning the classrooms, but he was curious and learned quickly.

He learned the surgical technique by observing the white doctors whoperformed transplants on dogs and pigs


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He became an exceptional surgeon such thatHe became an exceptional surgeon such that

Dr. Barnard wanted him on his team.Dr. Barnard wanted him on his team.


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That was a problem with the laws in South Africa.

Naki, a black man, could not operate on Caucasian patients or touch theirblood.


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But the hospital considered him so skilled that they made an exception for him.They made

him a surgeon ... but a secret one

..


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But that did not interest him. He pursued his studies and gave his best,

regardless of racial discrimination...


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He was the best. He taught white students, but had a lab technician's salary,

the maximum that a hospital could pay to a black.


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He lived in a shack without electricity or running water, in a

ghetto in the periphery, as befitted a black.


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Hamilton Naki taught surgery for 40 years and retired as a gardener, with apension of $ 275 per month.


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When apartheid ended, he received a decoration and the title of doctor

honoris causa


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Nobody ever pointed to the injustice that was done to him during

his whole life.

Christian Barnard Hamilton Naki


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Despite the secrecy and the racial discrimination he continued to give the best of

himself with his love to help with life.


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Dr. Naki, THANKS for everything you have done for humanityoutside your own interests.

Pass this on so they know who was Hamilton Naki, a wonderfuldoctor and an extraordinary human being.

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