Multiple choice

First successful heart transplantation was done by _____.

  1. D. S. Paintal

  2. C. N. Barnard

  3. D. Shetty

  4. P. K. Sen
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Explanation

Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa. The patient lived for 18 days after the surgery. Dr. P. K. Sen performed India's first heart transplant in 1994. D. S. Paintal is known for pulmonary research, and Dr. Devi Shetty is a prominent Indian cardiac surgeon.

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