lung transplant

A four-year Russian boy has successfully undergone a bilateral lung transplant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, after being on a mechanical ventilator for the past three years. Reportedly, he is the youngest to undergo a lung transplant in India and one of the youngest in Asia. The boy who was suffering from fibrosing alveolitis got a two-year-old brain-dead doner from Gujarat’s Surat in December 2020.