Covid-19 patient in Japan receives lung transplant from living donors

This combination of radiographs provided on April 9, 2021, by Kyoto University Hospital, shows the chest of the patient before the surgery, left, and after the surgery, right. - AP

TOKYO (AP): Doctors in Japan announced Thursday (April 8) they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from Covid-19.

The recipient, identified only as a woman from Japan's western region of Kansai, is recovering after the nearly 11-hour operation on Wednesday, Kyoto University Hospital said in a statement. It said her husband and son, who donated parts of their lungs, are also in stable condition.