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Double lung transplant patient Renato Aquino, 65, arrives to talk with reporters at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2021. At right is Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program.
Double lung transplant patient Renato Aquino, 65, arrives to talk with reporters at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2021. At right is Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program.
Double lung transplant recipient Renato Aquino, 65, with niece, Tasha Sundstrom, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2021. A year ago he drove himself to the emergency room with COVID-19 symptoms and eventually received a life-saving lungs transplant from a previous COVID patient who died of unrelated causes.
Double lung transplant recipient Renato Aquino, 65, with niece, Tasha Sundstrom, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2021. A year ago he drove himself to the emergency room with COVID-19 symptoms and eventually received a life-saving lungs transplant from a previous COVID patient who died of unrelated causes.
Double lung transplant patient Renato Aquino, 65, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2021.
Double lung transplant patient Renato Aquino, 65, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 14, 2021.
Renato Aquino, who received a double lung transplant after being in intensive care with COVID-19, talks about the last year at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Renato Aquino, who received a double lung transplant after being in intensive care with COVID-19, talks about the last year at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Double lung transplant patient Renato Aquino, 65, center, says goodbye to Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program on May 14, 2021. At left is Aquino's niece, Tasha Sundstrom.
Double lung transplant patient Renato Aquino, 65, center, says goodbye to Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program on May 14, 2021. At left is Aquino’s niece, Tasha Sundstrom.