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		shifto on April 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Where the world's first heart transplant took plac... The hospital name 'Groote Schuur' is Dutch for 'Big shed/barn', which is a pretty weird name for something to happen which at the time was super futuristic.

andreofthecape on April 13, 2019 [–]

Correct, there used to be a granary (for storing grain) from 1657 in the time of the VOC (Dutch East India Company)

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