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More than 1,000 sign petition in support of North Belfast mum in need of lung transplant

Clare Mahon has been in intensive care for the past five weeks following a deterioration in her pulmonary fibrosis

Belfast Live

Woman cured of deadly cancer after groundbreaking double lung transplant

Tannaz Ameli had a double lung transplant and is now cancer free - a year after the first patient Albert Khoury, received the novel surgery after all other treatments failed

Daily Mirror

Northwestern unveils program to perform more double lung transplants for terminal cancer patients, after successful surgeries

CHICAGO -- When traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation fail, lung cancer can be a death sentence for many patients.

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Northwestern University unveils program to perform more double lung transplants for terminal cancer patients, after successful surgeries

When traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation fail, lung cancer can be a death sentence for many patients.

Chicago Tribune

North Belfast family desperate for lung transplant to help 'dying aunty'

Clare Mahon is currently on a ventilator in intensive care at the Belfast City Hospital

Belfast Live

Cherished girl, 3, who spent half her life in hospital dies before surgery

Porsha Williams fought every day at a hospital in Cardiff, leaving her family in awe of her bravery, but she tragically died heading for a lung transplant with hope

Daily Mirror

GAA star who had double lung transplant and now needs a kidney vows to run a marathon even if he has to crawl

Although currently being assessed for a kidney transplant, three time marathon runner David Crosby has pledged he will again walk or crawl another gruelling race in time and reach his ultimate goal of completing six of the contests.

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UK’s first double lung transplant spent five months on life support due to Covid

The 50-year-old hotel engineer praises ‘selfless’ organ donor who saved his life

The Independent UK

Dad 'shackled to life support' with Covid gets UK's first double lung transplant

Cesar Franco, a 50-year-old maintenance engineer at a five-star hotel in central London, caught Covid-19 just before Christmas last year and went on to develop develop inflammation of the lungs

Daily Mirror

Man hails success of first UK double lung transplant for Covid complications - OLD

Cesar Franco contracted Covid-19 just before Christmas last year.

The Independent UK

London surgeons carry out first successful double lung transplant for Covid patient in the UK

Cesar Franco, 50, is back spending time with his family after nearly dying from the virus in hospital

Evening Standard

‘A gift of life’: the NHS double lung transplant that saved Covid patient

After months in intensive care, Cesar Franco became the first person in Britain to have the operation because of the virus

The Guardian - UK

The nation’s longest double-lung transplant patient dies at 60 in North Carolina

WILMINGTON, N.C. — In 1990, Howell Graham was so weakened by cystic fibrosis that he got winded brushing his teeth. He couldn’t work or socialize, reduced to a half-life with his arm attached to an antibiotics port.

Tribune News Service

Lung transplant patient dies from infection linked to contaminated water at hospital

Concerns over a lack of guidance to hospitals around identifying and controlling multidrug-resistant bacteria have been expressed after two women died at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge in 2020

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Two mums died after contracting infection following double lung transplants in NHS hospital

20 other lung patients at the same hospital also contracted the same bacterial infection thought to have come from 'a contaminated water supply'

The Independent UK

Woman reunited with heart-lung transplant surgeon after 35 years

She underwent the life-changing operation at age 15

The Independent UK

Woman is reunited with her heart-lung transplant surgeon 35 years on

Katie Mitchell had been diagnosed at age 11, in 1983, with Eisenmenger Syndrome, where there is irregular blood flow in the heart and lungs.

Edinburgh Live

Healthy mum's 'tiredness' turned out to be devastating lung condition

Tracey Cook, 54, who was perfectly healthy and worked three jobs before falling ill, may require a lung transplant after doctors shared the heartbreaking diagnosis.

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Daily Record

Courageous 'wee Lanarkshire warrior' recognised for bravery with Pride of Scotland award

-Zac Gunn has pulmonary hypertension and needs a lung transplant

Belfast Live

Northern Irish doctor required double lung transplant following premature birth

Doctor Catherine McCarroll needed the procedure after giving birth to her daughter Eve

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AIIMS conducts first lung transplant

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