Lung Transplant

A lung transplant replaces one or both diseased lungs with a healthy lung from a donor, and it is the definitive treatment for end-stage lung disease when breathing can no longer be supported by medicines, oxygen or other therapies. Depending on the condition, a single lung or both lungs are replaced, restoring the ability to breathe and, over time, an active life off continuous oxygen. It is a major operation that calls for thorough evaluation, a period of waiting for a suitable donor lung, and a long, carefully supervised recovery with lifelong medication. Patients travel abroad for lung transplant to reach high-volume transplant centres with experienced thoracic surgical and intensive-care teams, coordinated assessment and the structured follow-up that this complex treatment demands. For the right patient, it offers a lasting return to a fuller, more active life.