Marius Barnard

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Marius Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon and politician who helped pioneer heart surgery and later played a key role in developing critical illness insurance.

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instanceOf cardiac surgeon
human
medical innovator
politician
advocatedFor patient rights
social responsibility of insurers
awardReceived Order of the Baobab NERFINISHED
contributedTo first human heart transplant programme at Groote Schuur Hospital
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
dateOfBirth 1927-11-03
dateOfDeath 2014-11-14
developed concept of critical illness insurance
educatedAt University of Cape Town NERFINISHED
employer Groote Schuur Hospital NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cardiac surgery
cardiothoracic surgery
critical illness insurance
genreOfWriting non-fiction
hasEthnicGroup Afrikaner NERFINISHED
knownFor advocating for patients’ financial protection after serious illness
promoting the concept of critical illness cover to insurers
languageSpoken Afrikaans
English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (South Africa) NERFINISHED
Progressive Federal Party NERFINISHED
nationality South African
notableFor development of critical illness insurance
pioneering work in heart surgery
notableWork autobiographical writings on medicine and insurance
occupation cardiac surgeon
insurance consultant
politician
university lecturer
placeOfBirth Beaufort West NERFINISHED
Cape Province NERFINISHED
Union of South Africa NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Gauteng NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
positionHeld Member of Parliament of South Africa
relative Christiaan Barnard NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
residence Cape Town NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
sibling Christiaan Barnard NERFINISHED
workedOn open-heart surgery procedures
valve replacement surgery
workLocation Cape Town NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED

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