A New Mexico man who spent more than 100 days in the hospital and on a ventilator after contracting the novel coronavirus has undergone a life-saving double lung transplant, according to the hospital where he was treated.
Arthur Sanchez, a father of two, underwent the transplant at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., in August, becoming only the third coronavirus patient to undergo the procedure, which is considered as a “last resort for patients who have developed irreversible lung damage from COVID-19,” according to a news release from the hospital.
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