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Lauda was days from death, surgeons reveal

Niki Lauda had just days to live before he was given a lung transplant, doctors who operated on the three-time Formula 1 champion have said. Lauda is recovering in Vienna General Hospital after he went under the knife last week. Lauda fell ill while on holiday in Ibiza and had to be rushed to hospital when his condition swiftly deteriorated. The 69-year-old was in intensive care for 10 days, it has been revealed, before doctors decided to operate - leaving him in an artificial coma for several days before he awoke over the weekend. Mercedes non-executive chairman Lauda will remain hospitalised until he makes a full recovery and is not expected to return to the F1 paddock for at least two...
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