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Article: First double lung transplant at IJN
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- May 3, 2006
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Annie Freeda Cruez
New Straits Times
05-03-2006
First double lung transplant at IJN
Byline: Annie Freeda Cruez
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Heart Institute (IJN) has created history - again.
In collaboration with the Institute of Respiratory Medicine (IRM), it performed the first double lung transplant in Malaysia on April 26.
On Dec 30 last year, IJN performed the first single lung transplant in the country on a 52-year-old police officer.
The double lung transplant recipient is a 37-year-old man from Tampin, Negri Sembilan, who was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a condition where the lungs become fibrotic or hardened.
The hardening prevents good ...