Advertisement1st-Known U.S. Lung Transplant For COVID-19 Patient Performed In ChicagoJune 12, 2020Christine HermanfacebookEmailThe lungs of a young woman in her 20s became so damaged by COVID-19 that she could not survive without her blood being oxygenated outside her body on an ECMO machine. She received a double-lung transplant on June 5. In this photo taken before the transplant, the patient is being monitored by the ECMO team at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. (Northwestern Medicine)