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Korean from Mexico Survives Coronavirus via Lung Transplant in Home Country

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A 50-year old Korean living in Mexico, stricken with the coronavirus, was gifted a new life back in her home country. Seoul’s Asan Medical Center, one of the largest hospitals in South Korea, announced Tuesday that Kim Chung-yeong, a 55-year old woman currently residing in Mexico, had received a [...]

Doctors Successfully Perform Lung Transplant on COVID-19 Patient

SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean woman in her 50s has received a lung transplant after the novel coronavirus ravaged her respiratory system, doctors said Thursday. Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital said a donor’s lungs were successfully transplanted to the severely ill COVID-19 patient on June 21. Her identity was withheld. The [...]