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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

DARK SECRETS: Machine could make more donated lungs suitable for transplant | Vintage Vibes

An NHS organ donor card
It is hoped the machine will enable more donated organs, including lungs, remain viable until surgery. Photograph: NHS Blood and Transplant/PA

A machine that keeps organs alive outside the body could save four in every five donated lungs that currently go to waste in England and Wales.

The UK has one of the poorest lung transplantation rates in the world. The latest figures from NHS Blood and Transplant show that 170 patients in the UK, including six children, are waiting for new lungs.

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