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Ramallah Former Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday he is awaiting a lung transplant in the United States, after several years of battling pulmonary fibrosis. Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and a prominent Palestinian official for decades, issued a video message on his health via social media. He is being treated in Virginia in the Washington area."After reading a few baseless rumours, I have completed my medical tests," the 62-year-old said."Now I am on the priority waiting list to get a lung transplant any day depending on finding a matching donor." (AFP)
