Slovenians opt increasingly for organ donations

A record number of Slovenians registered to become posthumous organ donors last year. As many as 2,011 entered their name in the national registry, which now has 13,498 donors registered.

Most of the donors who registered last year were between 19 and 28 years old, a report from Slovenija-Transplant reveals. Some 80% of the newly registered donors registered via e-mail.

Transplantation coordinators conducted almost twice as many interviews with relatives about organ donating as the year before.

The report finds that 2002 was a successful year in terms of organ donation....