Mater ready to perform Ireland’s first lung transplant operation

IRELAND is ready to perform the first lung transplant operation here this summer.

Mater ready to perform Ireland’s first lung transplant operation

The Heart/Lung Unit at the Mater Hospital in Dublin expects to perform the procedure in the coming months and hopes to complete a further two before the end of the year.

The hospital will conduct two to three transplants per year until the theatre facilities planned in phase three are completed.

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