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Tue 07 Jul 2009Life after a transplant
A 10-day hike in the Burren organised by a French film company highlighted how organ donation can change the lives of sufferers of cystic fibrosis
VINCENT GRÉGOIRE no longer takes the lift when he enters tall buildings. Two years after his transplant operation in Quebec, he now has a lung capacity of 103 per cent – 3 per cent more than normal for a person of his size and weight – and prefers to take the stairs.
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