From humble beginnings as \'barefoot boy\' from a small town in South Africa, Barnard learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, with royalty and popes, and embraced the high-life of the jet-set.
After becoming the first surgeon to successfully transplant a human heart he remained in the public eye through his gifts for speaking and writing..
From humble beginnings as \'barefoot boy\' from a small town in South Africa, Barnard learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, with royalty and popes, and embraced the high-life of the jet-set