June 16, 2021

Searching for footing in a life nearly extinguished by COVID (VIDEOS)

By ADAM GELLER April 22, 2021 GMT WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — On line in the hospital atrium, Kari Wegg folds her hands in her lap while husband Rodney pilots the wheelchair, moving

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June 16, 2021

CANADA: B.C. man living a full, active life after double-lung transplant – Coast Mountain News

Matt Schlatter fulfilled his dream of becoming a paramedic and living an active life after receiving a double lung transplant two years ago. Having battled cystic fibrosis his whole life, the

June 11, 2021

Malta man becomes Colorado’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo double lung transplant | State & Regional

Bryan Raymond tested positive for the coronavirus in December 2020, and walked out of a Denver hospital with a newly transplanted pair of lungs in March 2021. Raymond, 37, of Malta,

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June 4, 2021

Advancements in Lung Transplants with the Cleveland Clinic Team (AUDIO)

There are approximately just 2000 lung transplants conducted annually in the US—a rate which pales significantly to counts of yearly kidney and liver transplants, and is similar to the rate

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May 26, 2021

Up and Running Again, With Heart – Roza Saad’s new heart and lungs put her back on track

Roza Saad’s new heart and lungs put her back on track Four years ago, then-11-year-old Roza Saad was struggling in her Southern California physical education class. All the students were assigned

May 25, 2021

Japan: Japanese Doctors Perform World’s First Living Donor Lung Transplant on COVID-19 Patient (VIDEO)

A COVID-19 patient in Japan has received the world’s first lung transplant from living donors. Receiving transplant lung tissue from her son and husband, the patient underwent an 11-hour operation at

April 21, 2021

UK: Hospital continued heart and lung transplant operations throughout pandemic

The UK’s leading heart and lung hospital performed more than one transplant operation per week in the last year despite the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic. taff at Royal Papworth Hospital

April 15, 2021

U.S. surgeons perform successful “COVID to COVID” double-lung transplant (Video)

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago successfully transplanted both lungs on a COVID-19 patient using them from a donor who previously recovered from the virus. Dr. Samuel Kim, a thoracic

April 14, 2021

UK: Peterhead lung transplant recipient backs organ and tissue opt out awareness campaign

A Peterhead woman who received a life-changing double lung transplant is urging people to make their organ and tissue donation decision known ahead of the law change to an opt-out

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March 19, 2021

Dad gets cutting-edge double lung transplant after nearly dying of COVID-19 (VIDEO)

After COVID-19, cutting-edge double lung transplant could save dad’s life: Part 1 When the virus swept through Leo Castillo’s home, his wife and son recovered, but he almost died. Then, the

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