The first Hungarian lung transplant operation - that took place on December 12, 2015 - was successful. The news was announced this Saturday in the National Istitute of Oncology in Budapest by the Director-General of the Institute, Dr Miklós Kásler.
The six-hour operation - in which the lung of a 59-year-old donor was transplanted into a 53-year patient - took place after long preparations. The recepient, Tibor Stumpf is said to be doing well.
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