Pennsylvania girl who sued for lung transplants to leave hospital

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An 11-year-old Pennsylvania girl, whose parents filed a lawsuit challenging national transplant policies so she could receive two lung transplants, will be released from the hospital this week, a spokeswoman for her family said on Monday. The girl, Sarah Murnaghan, underwent an operation earlier this summer to receive the transplants in a case that set off a national debate about child access to organ donations. She had earlier been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. A federal judge cleared the way for the operation in June after her parents sued to stop the U.S. ...



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