University of Chicago police captain has double lung transplant after suffering COVID and cancer

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University of Chicago police captain has double lung transplant after suffering COVID and cancer
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Arthur Gillespie, 56, discovered he had lung cancer while he was being treated for a severe case of COVID-19 in 2020.

CHICAGO -- A University of Chicago police captain with two new lungs is sharing his story for National Police Week. Capt. Arthur Gillespie was the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to have a double lung transplant because one lung had been damaged from COVID-19 and another damaged by cancer.Gillespie, 56, discovered he had lung cancer while he was being treated for a severe case of COVID-19 in 2020.

'When Arthur first came to see us in September 2023, even though he looked physically strong, he could barely speak a single sentence without getting short of breath or take a few steps before having to sit down. The pressure inside the lungs had also increased to a point that it was causing heart failure, and his only option for survival was a double-lung transplant,' said Dr.

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