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Dying to Breathe

NOVA · Season 20 · Episode 13
NOVA covers the tense vigil of three people with terminal lung disease as they await the most complex of all organ transplants—a new lung. Months of waiting end in a few frenzied hours of intricate surgery.

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Season
20
Episode
13
Air Date
26/Oct/1993
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
55 min

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NOVA covers the tense vigil of three people with terminal lung disease as they await the most complex of all organ transplants—a new lung. Months of waiting end in a few frenzied hours of intricate surgery.

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