Medical Innovation | MCQs

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Willem Einthoven was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist.

He is known as the father of electrocardiography

He invented the first practical electrocardiograph (ECG or EKG)

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In October 2022, the Chinese city of Shanghai started administering the inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in what appears to be a world first.

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Sputnik V vaccine is made by Russia

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Russia has developed an mRNA vaccine for cancer patients.

The vaccine is expected to be released in early 2025.

The vaccine will be free for eligible Russian cancer patients.

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• 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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China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia.

Capital: Beijing

President: Xi Jinping

Currency: Renminbi

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Edward Jenner was a physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first ever vaccine.

He belonged to the British.

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Albert Bruce Sabin was a Polish American medical researcher.

Known for developing the oral polio vaccine which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease.