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Program: The best Xmas present ever

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Johnnie Tumai is going to have a hard time topping last year's Christmas gift.  But he's not complaining.  

Last year the 59-year-old truck driver, from Rockhampton, received a new pair of lungs and as he prepares to spend his first Christmas at home since the transplant, he's urging others to register as donors this festive season.

Story by Katrina Beavan.

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Johnnie was constantly on oxygen and could barely walk before his transplant. 

Rockhampton, Public Health
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