Pakistani doctor made history by transplanting a pig’s heart into a Human

The operation was performed by Dr Mansoor and his team in a hospital in Baltimore. David Bennett is in stable condition and is presently recovering under special care, despite the seven-hour treatment.

For the first time in medical history, a team of doctors in the United States has successfully implanted a pig’s heart into a human being. Dr Mansoor Mohiuddin, a Pakistani-American physician, played a key role in this remarkable breakthrough.

David Bennett, a 57-year-old heart patient, was first judged ineligible for a regular human heart transplant due to his poor health. At that point, Dr Mansoor, who has been studying xenotransplantation for some years, was contacted. Xenotransplantation is a medical procedure that involves the transplantation of organs from different species.

Dr Mansoor and a team of doctors from the University of Maryland applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a special permit to perform xenotransplantation, as it appeared to be Bennett’s only shot of survival.