Thousands of seriously ill people are waiting for a donated kidney or liver. In order to get more transplants, a completely different principle has been discussed for a long time.
Thousands of seriously ill people are waiting for a donated kidney or liver. In order to get more transplants, a completely different principle has been discussed for a long time.
Before the Bundestag debate on organ donation this Thursday, the Social Association of Germany (SoVD) welcomes the initiative of parliamentarians for a reform. SoVD chairman Michaela Engelmeier said to the "Rheinische Post": "The number of organ donations has risen last, but this is far from sufficient." Thousands - and therefore too many people - were still waiting for a life-saving organ. And everyone could already be on the waiting list tomor…