UK’s first double lung transplant spent five months on life support due to Covid The 50-year-old hotel engineer praises ‘selfless’ organ donor who saved his life The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Dad 'shackled to life support' with Covid gets UK's first double lung transplant Cesar Franco, a 50-year-old maintenance engineer at a five-star hotel in central London, caught Covid-19 just before Christmas last year and went on to develop develop inflammation of the lungs Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022
Man hails success of first UK double lung transplant for Covid complications - OLD Cesar Franco contracted Covid-19 just before Christmas last year. The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022
London surgeons carry out first successful double lung transplant for Covid patient in the UK Cesar Franco, 50, is back spending time with his family after nearly dying from the virus in hospital Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022
‘A gift of life’: the NHS double lung transplant that saved Covid patient After months in intensive care, Cesar Franco became the first person in Britain to have the operation because of the virus The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022