On July 17, 1987, Chu Shu-hsun, Professor of Surgery at National Taiwan University Hospital, performed an emergency heart transplant on a patient, marking the first successful such operation in Southeast Asia.
去年七月十七日，台大醫院心臟外科教授朱樹勳在倉促中，為病危的、五十歲患者楊敏聰作了換心手術。這是東南亞第一個手術成功的案例，也激起了國內的換心熱潮。