First lung transplant on a child in UKC Ljubljana performed

Ljubljana, 17 August - A lung transplant was performed over the Saturday night in the UKC Ljubljana hospital on a 14-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis, in what was the first lung transplant in a child in Slovenia's main medical centre.

Ljubljana A team of doctors transplanting a pair of children's lungs at UKC Ljubljana the weekend. Photo: UKC Ljubljana

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A team of doctors transplanting a pair of children's lungs at UKC Ljubljana the weekend.
Photo: UKC Ljubljana

Ljubljana Tomaž Štupnik, head of UKC Ljubljana's ward for thoracic surgery, speaking to the press about the first transplant of children's lungs at the hospital. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Tomaž Štupnik, head of UKC Ljubljana's ward for thoracic surgery, speaking to the press about the first transplant of children's lungs at the hospital.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Tomaž Štupnik, head of UKC Ljubljana's ward for thoracic surgery, speaking to the press about the first transplant of children's lungs at the hospital. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Tomaž Štupnik, head of UKC Ljubljana's ward for thoracic surgery, speaking to the press about the first transplant of children's lungs at the hospital.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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