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Fri Jun 8, 12:31 PM
VANCOUVER (CBC) - An American man who lost a chance to get new lungs when a plane carrying transplant team members and the organs crashed earlier this week has received another set of lungs, doctors said Friday.

The 50-year-old from the Detroit area was in critical condition at a University of Michigan Health System hospital in Ann Arbor after a seven-hour surgery that ended on Thursday.

"We are relieved that we were able to do this transplant and give this man another chance for life," Dr. Jeffrey Punch, director of the division of transplantation at the University of Michigan, said in a statement.

"Our friends that died in the crash would have wanted us to go on with our work."

Calgary native Dr. Martinus Spoor, a cardiac surgeon who worked at the University of Michigan Health System, was one of four medical specialists and two pilots on board the Cessna Citation when it crashed into Lake Michigan on Monday.

The donor team was transporting organs from Milwaukee before the crash. A second set of donor organs became available late Tuesday.

"Had he not received a transplant in a timely fashion, he would have died likely," Dr. Andrew Chang, one of two doctors who led the surgical team, told a news conference Friday
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The patient, who was a longtime smoker, had chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder that was causing right heart failure. He had been waiting for a double lung transplant since November.

The man's chest was open and his lungs were ready for removal when the plane crashed. The patient was told that he did not receive the first set of lungs, but Chang said he won't tell the man about the crash until he is ready to hear the news.

Also killed in crash were:
- Dr. Martinus Spoor, cardiac surgeon

- Dr. David Ashburn, who was training in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.

- Richard Chenault, a transplant donation specialist with the university transplant program.

- Richard LaPensee, a transplant donation specialist with the university transplant program.

- Dennis Hoyes, a Marlin air pilot.

- Bill Serra, a Marlin air pilot.


In a statement, the patient's family said they were grateful the transplant happened, and "devastated and heartbroken" for the families of the six men.

With files from the Associated Press
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