1st combined heart-lung transplant in Japan starts in Osaka

1st combined heart-lung transplant in Japan starts in Osaka

KOBE, Japan - Doctors transport a cool box containing the heart and lungs removed from a man in his 30s, who had been certified as brain dead on Jan. 16 at Hyogo Emergency Medical Center in Kobe, to Osaka University Hospital on Jan. 17. (Kyodo)

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