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Marius Barnard (surgeon)

South African cardiac surgeon and inventor of critical illness insurance

Marius Stephanus Barnard (3 November – 14 November ) was a South African cardiac surgeon and inventor of critical illness insurance.[2][3]

Barnard was a member of the team headed by his brother Christiaan Barnard that performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplantation in [4] Specifically, he was one of the surgeons who removed the heart from donor Denise Darvall at Groote Schuur Hospital.[5][6] After a documentary film Hidden Heart suggested that Hamilton Naki removed the donor heart, Barnard was quoted as describing the film as "rubbish, a joke, it’s a total distortion of the facts"[7] and as stating that Naki was at the time "in his bed, about 8&#;km away from Groote Schuur".[8]

Barnard was motivated by the financial hardship he saw his patients suffer after he had treated their critical illnesses to convince the South African insurance companies to introduce a new type of insurance to cover critical illnesses. Barnard argued that, as a medical doctor, he can repair a man physically, but only insurers can repair a patient's finances.[9] On 6 August the first critical illness insurance policy was launched.[10]

Barnard was a member of the South African parliament between and , for the Progressive Federal Party - one of the few political parties that opposed apartheid. He later acted as a technical consultant for Scottish Widows.[4] Barnard received many awards for his contributions to medicine and humanity, and was voted in the top 25 most influential people in the field of health insurance and protection.[11]

He died on 14 November after battling with prostate cancer.[1][12]

References

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  7. ^Berger, Sebastien (4 June ), "Inspiring tale dismissed as 'rubbish'", The National (Abu Dhabi), archived from the original on 27 May , retrieved 14 August
  8. ^October, Alicestine (2 June ), "Dokkie 'verdraai' Barnard-verhaal", Die Burger, archived from the original on 10 July , retrieved 14 August
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  11. ^"Heart to Heart"(PDF), CoverTen, Incisive Financial Publishing, pp.&#;27, 29, 10 October , archived from the original(PDF) on 19 July
  12. ^Holt, Natalie (14 November ). "Architect of critical illness cover passes away". Mortgage Strategy. Archived from the original on 29 November Retrieved 15 November