The South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard had become a medical superstar just a few months earlier, when he successfully transplanted the heart of a young woman who was killed in a car accident.

NEWYORKER: The Operator

The patient who walked through the brand-new doors of the Frank Kiang Medical Center was a young Cambodian woman living with Down syndrome, congenital heart disease, and asthma.

WHITEHOUSE: Making Good Use of AARA Funding: Frank Kiang Medical Center