First Double Lung Transplant for Vaping-related Illness Takes Place at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit

DETROIT, Nov. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --

     WHAT:              Henry Ford Health System medical team discusses the recent
                         double lung transplant for
               
            a patient suffering from vaping-related lung injury.




     WHEN:     
            3 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019




     WHERE:    
            Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI




     DETAILS:           A team of Henry Ford Health System medical experts performed
                         what we believe is the
                        first double lung transplant in the United States for a
                         patient whose lungs were
                        irreparably damaged from vaping. They will discuss the
                         patient's treatment and provide
                        an update on his condition. The patient will not be
                         participating or identified and has
                        asked for privacy at this time. But he and his family would
                         like his medical team to share
                        photographs and an update to warn others. No additional
                         information will be
               
            released/discussed until 3 p.m. Tuesday.




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            Tammy Battaglia

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            248-881-0809 cell/text

               
            
              Tammy.Battaglia@hfhs.org


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                         and Bethune roads. This is
                behind the 
            hospital, off Pallister, near the
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SOURCE Henry Ford Health System