Temple University Hospital will be temporarily inactivating its lung-transplant program later this month, the Inquirer reports.

Effective May 27, the hospital will stop doing lung-transplant programs until a new surgeon is hired, said Rebecca Harmon, director of public relations of Temple University Health System, to the Inquirer.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health cited the lung-transplant program for having higher-than-expected deaths after transplants, in August, the article says.

TUH Chief Executive Officer Sandy Gomberg is quoted as saying the program has improved since the registry report, which tracks patient survival rates, and that she hopes to have it continue within a year.

The 28 patients on TUH’s waiting list for lung transplants have reportedly been notified of the change.

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