Loma Linda University Level I trauma center in San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo and Mono counties, which comprise more than a fourth of the state's land mass. About 1,600 emergency helicopters land there each year. In October 1984, at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Baby Fae became the first human to receive a heart of a baboon. The transplant appeared to be successful, but Baby Fae died 21 days later of heart failure due to rejection of the transplant. In 1991, B. Lyn Behrens became the first female president of LLU. Serving until March 2008, she was succeeded by Richard Hart, who had previously
Heart of the Sun Heart of the Sun Heart of the Sun is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Damberger and released in 1998. Based on the play "Jennie's Story" by Betty Lambert, the film explores the controversial Sexual Sterilization Act of Alberta through the story of Jennie (Christianne Hirt), a woman trying to have a baby with her husband Harry (Shaun Johnston) who learns that she was forcibly sterilized as a teenager. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1998. Hirt won the award for Best Actress at the Alberta Film and Television Awards in 1999, and screenwriter Kim