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Chennai doctors performed Asia's first lung transplant surgery on a coronavirus survivor

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In a big achievement, doctors at a private hospital in Chennai performed Asia's first lung transplant surgery on a coronavirus survivor, giving him hope of a better life after virus severely damaged his lungs. The officials at hospital said the patient from Delhi was suffering from severe lung infection. His lungs were severely damaged due to Covid-19-related fibrosis in one and a half month after he was infected by the virus.