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Dr Usman Ahmad and the team at Cleveland Clinic with Nada
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Twenty-four-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Nada Mohamed underwent a life-saving liver and lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. All photos: Nada Mohamed
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The complex procedure took a team of doctors 14 hours
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Nada has written a book about living with the disease, which she hopes will inspire other cystic fibrosis sufferers
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Nada and her siblings Ehab and Nora all suffer with cystic fibrosis
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Dr Usman Ahmad and the team at Cleveland Clinic with Nada
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Twenty-four-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Nada Mohamed underwent a life-saving liver and lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. All photos: Nada Mohamed
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The complex procedure took a team of doctors 14 hours
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Nada has written a book about living with the disease, which she hopes will inspire other cystic fibrosis sufferers
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Nada and her siblings Ehab and Nora all suffer with cystic fibrosis
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Dr Usman Ahmad and the team at Cleveland Clinic with Nada
'Don't give up': Woman survives deadly cystic fibrosis that killed her three siblings
Complex, combined liver-lung transplant at Cleveland Abu Dhabi gives the 24-year-old a new lease of life
Shireena Al Nowais
05 June, 2024
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