Covid-19 Triggers Spike In Lung Transplant Surgeries
In today's episode of FYI, we talk about lung transplant surgeries, the demand for which has increased in the country and around the world due to the Covid pandemic. Lung transplantation surgeries are complex, pose a lot of risk to the patient, and are very expensive. In India, no government hospitals to date have taken up the procedure. A double lung transplant surgery is advised to a patient who has recovered from the coronavirus infection with severe lung damage.
