Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who suffers from an incurable chronic lung disease and whose condition has recently deteriorated, has been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant, the royal palace announced Friday.
"The progression of the Crown Princess's lung disease is serious. After a comprehensive medical assessment, she has now been placed on the list of patients who will undergo a lung transplant as soon as it is possible," Are Holm, Professor of Medicine at the University of Oslo and respiratory specialist at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, said in a statement from the palace.
