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COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore district saw its third lung transplant being performed on Sunday. However, the second lung transplant, which was a single lung transplant, occurred only on February 7 this year, 15 months later.Speaking to the media on Saturday, TRANSTAN member secretary Kanthimathy said they aimed at increasing the number of lung and heart transplants in the district at a faster pace. The 5.4 km stretch of Avinashi Road is usually congested and could take around 20 minutes to cross by car.The city saw its first successful double lung transplant being performed in November 2017. This is the second lung transplant being performed in the city in the last 10 days.On Saturday evening, city hospitals received an alert from TRANSTAN that a 42-year-old man who met with an accident in Trichy is likely to be declared brain dead. He also might be able to donate his heart and lung..