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Still happy to be wrong – after 18 years

When he was offered an innovative and potentially life-saving type of lung transplant, Sam Galbraith considered turning it down. The prognosis wasn't good - two years, maybe three - and the former neurosurgeon knew better than anyone about the unpleasant side effects that went with the treatment.

When he was offered an innovative and potentially life-saving type of lung transplant, Sam Galbraith considered turning it down.