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Do you know, who has invented Heart transplantation?

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A South African Cardiac surgeon named Christian Neethling Barnard was the first one to perform the  human to human heart transplant operation.
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The very first successful heart transplantation was done by surgeon Christiaan Barnard at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. 
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The interesting fact is that the first human heart transplant was carried out on a person today, 35 years ago, at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, by surgeon Christiaan Barnard.
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it was invented by a south African cardiac named Christian Neethling Barnard the first person to perform a human heart operation.
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The very first heart transplant was done on 3 December, 1967 by Christian Bernard. The heart of a 25 year old women, who was fatally wounded in a car accident was transplanted to a 53 year old man Lewis Washkansky. The man however, died just 18 days later pneumonia but his functioned properly until his death. 
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Vitamin D is a naturally occurring vitamin that is produced by the body in response to sunlight exposure. It was not "invented" by any one person. However, the discovery of the role of sunlight in preventing and treating rickets, a disease caused by vitamin D deficiency, is credited to a number of researchers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including Edward Mellanby, Elmer McCollum, and Harry Steenbock. The chemical structure of vitamin D was later determined by Adolf Windaus, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928.
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Yes, heart transplantation was first successfully performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 1967. The recipient of the heart transplant was Louis Washkansky, a 53-year-old grocer who suffered from heart failure. The donor heart came from a 25-year-old woman who had died from a brain injury. Dr. Barnard's pioneering work in heart transplantation revolutionized the field of medicine and paved the way for further advancements in cardiac surgery.
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The heart of a 25 year old women, who was fatally wounded in a car accident was transplanted to a 53 year old man Lewis Washkansky. The man however, died just 18 days later pneumonia but his functioned properly until his death. 
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surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on a human being at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town
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The first successful heart transplant was performed by South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard. On December 3, 1967, Dr. Barnard and his team at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, transplanted the heart of a deceased donor into a patient named Louis Washkansky, who suffered from end-stage heart disease. The surgery was a medical breakthrough, although the patient survived for only 18 days post-transplant due to complications.

Dr. Christiaan Barnard's pioneering work in heart transplantation marked a significant milestone in the field of medicine and opened the door to further advancements in organ transplantation. His achievements and contributions to medicine are widely recognized and celebrated.
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