A 31-year-old man from England has died after receiving cancerous lungs in a transplant operation. Matthew Millington mistakenly received the organs from a donor who is believed to have smoked between 30 and 50 cigarettes a day.

Steven Tsui, clinical director of transplant services at the Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, told the North Stafford Coroner’s Court “there were a number of failures. I didn’t feel the team performed to the standard I would expect.”

A lack of communication between radiographers and consultants caused a tumor to go two years without being detected. It’s growth was accelerated by the immunosuppressive drugs Millington was taking to prevent his body from rejecting the organ.

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