Pioneering lung transplant recipient leaves hospital

Pioneering lung transplant recipient leaves hospital

OSAKA, Japan - A man (R), who received Japan's first transplant of both lungs from a brain-dead donor, holds a news conference with doctors at Osaka University Hospital on May 18 before leaving the hospital the same day. The man in his 30s, whose name was withheld, suffered from pulmonary hypertension. He said, ''It is like a dream that I can walk outside on my own feet. I feel happy to be alive.''

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