Lung donation involves transplanting healthy lungs from a deceased donor—or rarely, a living donor—into a patient with irreversible, end-stage lung disease to improve survival and quality of life. The surgery replaces diseased lungs with donor lungs, with double-lung transplants offering better long-term outcomes than single-lung procedures.

Donor Types
Deceased donor
Donor after Brain stem death
Donor after circulatory death (non-heart-beating donor)
Very rarely, lobe transplant from living donor

Indications
Performed for severe conditions like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), Cystic Fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension.

Procedure & Selection
Candidates are matched based on blood type, size compatibility, and medical urgency. The surgery can last 4–12 hours.

Post-Transplant Care
Recipients require lifelong immunosuppressant medications to prevent organ rejection.
Waiting Time: Due to high demand, patients may wait months or years for a suitable donor.

How is patient selection for lung transplantation done?
The evaluation of potential candidates for lung transplantation is done by a multidisciplinary team comprising pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, nurses, mental health specialists, nutritionists, pharmacists, and transplant coordinators.

Types of lung transplantation
Single lung transplantation
Double lung transplantation
Heart-lung transplantation
Transplantation of lung lobes from living related donors

Example
Mohan Foundation

Some of the Hospitals for Lung Transplant in India
Jupiter Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra

Amrita Hospital, Kochi
Apollo Hospital, Delhi
Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon
Aster Medcity, Kochi Kerala
Billroth Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Blk Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi
Columbia Asia Hospital, Bangalore
Continental Hospital, Hyderabad
Fortis, Delhi
Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Global Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai
Kauvery Hospital, Chennai
KIMS Hospital, Hyderabad
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai
Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
Max Healthcare Hospital, Delhi
MaxCure Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana
Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon
Narayana Health, Bangalore
Paras Hospital, Patna
PSG Hospital, Tamil Nadu
Sahyadri Hospital, Pune
SIMS Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi
Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Wockhard Hospital, Mumbai
Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad