NIKI LAUDA RECEIVES LUNG TRANSPLANT
The Mercedes non-executive chairman had been taken to hospital with a “severe cough” he’d picked up in Ibiza.
“Due to severe affection of the lungs, Niki Lauda had to undergo a lung transplantation at the AKH Vienna today,” said a statement from the Vienna General Hospital, where Lauda is being treated.
“The transplantation was done successfully by Walter Kepetko, head of thoracic surgery, and Konrad Hotzenecker."
“We kindly ask for your understanding that the family won’t give any official statements and we ask to protect the privacy of the Lauda family.”
Kepetko told local media that Lauda was making good progress, but his recovery period would likely be longer than the usual two to three week period due to his age.
He added that Lauda’s 1976 Nurburgring accident, in which he inhaled toxic gases and flames, was not the cause of the transplant.
“One can absolutely assume that lung transplantation is not a late consequence of the fire accident,” he told broadcaster ORF.
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