First COVID-19 survivor receives double lung transplant in US

Jun 12, 2020

Washington [US], June 12 (ANI: A former COVID-19 patient who is in her 20s has become the first person in the United States (US)...

In a first, double lung transplant performed on Covid-19 patient in Hyderabad

Sep 11, 2020

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 11 : In a first of its kind procedure in India, doctors at a private hospital in Hyderabad successfully performed...

Globally renowned Cardiothoracic Specialist and Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon Dr Kumud Dhital joins SPARSH Hospital

Dec 30, 2021

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): Globally renowned Cardiothoracic specialist and Heart & Lung Transplant surgeon Dr Kumud Dhital has joined Sparsh Group of...

'Nurse.Fighter.Boy' director Charles Officer dies at 49

Dec 04, 2023

Officer had been battling an undisclosed long-term ailment and had undergone a lung transplant in December 2022.

Transplanting the capacity to breathe

Dec 08, 2023

New Delhi [India], December 8: An enlightening discourse on lung transplantation highlighted the need to dramatically increase lung donations, build a national registry, and...

Delhi AIIMS conduct second successful harvested lung transplant

Jul 30, 2022

New Delhi [India], July 30 : India saw its first-ever successful harvested lung transplant in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in...