Pa. girl’s double-lung transplant deemed success

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Sharon Ruddock, the aunt of Sarah Murnaghan, talks to reporters outside the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after the 10-year-old underwent a six-hour double-lung transplant as a result of her severe cystic fibrosis, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Ruddock said her niece never would have received the transplant without a judge’s ruling that made her eligible for adult donor lungs. (AP Photo/Keith Collins)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl's family said.

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