Surgeons conduct a double lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, United States, June 11, 2020. A double lung transplant on a 20-year-old hispanic woman contracting the novel coronavirus has been successfully performed in the U.S. for first time, and the patient is now recovering, surgeons at the hospital announced. The lung transplant took 10 hours, nearly doubling the length of time of the normal operation, which was deemed the only choice for the patient, said the chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director. The patient had been in the hospital's intensive care unit for six weeks, relying on a ventilator and an ECMO machine. (Photo/Agencies)
This undated photo shows an image of a?CT Lung Screening of the COVID-19 patient at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, United States. A double lung transplant on a 20-year-old hispanic woman contracting the novel coronavirus has been successfully performed in the U.S. for first time, and the patient is now recovering, surgeons at the hospital announced. The lung transplant took 10 hours, nearly doubling the length of time of the normal operation, which was deemed the only choice for the patient, said the chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director. The patient had been in the hospital's intensive care unit for six weeks, relying on a ventilator and an ECMO machine. (Photo/Agencies)
Surgeons conduct a double lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, United States, June 11, 2020. A double lung transplant on a 20-year-old hispanic woman contracting the novel coronavirus has been successfully performed in the U.S. for first time, and the patient is now recovering, surgeons at the hospital announced. The lung transplant took 10 hours, nearly doubling the length of time of the normal operation, which was deemed the only choice for the patient, said the chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director. The patient had been in the hospital's intensive care unit for six weeks, relying on a ventilator and an ECMO machine. (Photo/Agencies)
Surgeons conduct a double lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, United States, June 11, 2020. A double lung transplant on a 20-year-old hispanic woman contracting the novel coronavirus has been successfully performed in the U.S. for first time, and the patient is now recovering, surgeons at the hospital announced. The lung transplant took 10 hours, nearly doubling the length of time of the normal operation, which was deemed the only choice for the patient, said the chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director. The patient had been in the hospital's intensive care unit for six weeks, relying on a ventilator and an ECMO machine. (Photo/Agencies)
