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Lauda 'wakens from coma' after lung transplant

Reports from Austria have claimed that Niki Laua is now awake and breathing on his own after being in a serious condition following his lung transplant, which left him breathing via a heart-lung machine and deemed to be in an extremely critical condition.  Lauda underwent the surgey in Vienna on Thursday and doctors were realistic about his chances, with patients realistically only expected to live for a short period after such a serious operation.  But yesterday head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Walter Klepetko, said: "Considering the not very easy circumstances we are very, very happy with the developments", leading to optimism about his condition. ...
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