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6ABC’s ‘Visions’ Segment Features Temple University Hospital Patient Who Received a Double Lung Transplant

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6ABC interviewed Joe Platt, who received a double lung transplant at Temple University Hospital through the Gift of Life Program, for its “Visions” segment. Mr. Platt is a New Jersey native and Vietnam Veteran who experienced shortness of breath and was then diagnosed with an incurable lung disease, leading to his double lung transplant eight years ago.