Patient misses lung transplant due to air carrier unavailability

A patient in need missed the opportunity for a lung transplant abroad because none of the collaborating air carriers was able to make the flight, the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Wednesday.

On February 2, just after 11pm, the HIO was informed that there was an available lung transplant abroad and a patient need to be airlifted to the hospital by 3am the next morning. The HIO did not name the country where the operation was to take place.

All procedures were set...