Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first ever heart transplant on humans. He belongs to which country?
ڈاکٹر کرسٹیان برنارڈ نے انسانوں پر پہلی بار دل کی پیوند کاری کی۔ اس کا تعلق کس ملک سے ہے؟
Answer: South Africa
Explanation
- Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human-to-human heart transplant and was from South Africa.
- He performed the transplant on Dec. 3, 1967, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
- The patient, Louis Washkansky, was a 54-year-old grocer who suffered from diabetes and heart disease.
- The operation lasted about five hours, and the patient lived for 18 days after the surgery.
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