{
  "id": 19660387,
  "title": "‘Constant fear’: lung patient’s long wait for transplant highlights urgent need",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/constant-fear-lung-patients-long-wait-for-transplant-highlights",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-12T14:18:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3374258/constant-fear-lung-patients-long-wait-transplant-highlights-urgent-need"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Raymond, 66, lived in constant fear of becoming a burden to his family in recent years as his lung disease, diagnosed 16 years ago, worsened, and he needed an organ transplant to survive. The pulmonary fibrosis patient said on Thursday that he had waited to receive a lung transplant for more than two years after being placed on the waiting list in 2023. His brother, who suffered from the same…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}