Organ donation

The last three years have seen an increase in the number of transplants in Greece, with 2023 being the best year in the last 15 years in terms of organ supply.

According to National Transplantation Organization data, 87 deceased organ donors were registered last year (8.3 donors per million people), resulting in 204 solid organ transplants.

The organs of 17-year-old Melek Nur Özgener, who was shot in the head on New Year's Eve in Istanbul's Fatih district, have given life to six people in need of vital transplants.

The Health Ministry's draft legislation to modernize the law on organ donation and transplantation was put to public consultation on Wednesday without, however, including some provisions initially proposed by a special committee and approved in a recent cabinet meeting.

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.

Greece is seeking to emulate the institution of the local transplant coordinator in hospitals that was pioneered in Spain and led to a spike in organ donation rates.

The tech could eventually be used to grow organs for transplant

Anne Heche remains on life support and under evaluation for organ donation after a car crash that led to her brain death, a representative for the actor said Friday.

Under current California law, death can be determined by the loss of all brain function and in accordance with accepted medical standards.

Moazami’s team mimicked how heart transplants routinely are done

Ljubljana – A total of 105 organ transplants were performed in the UKC Ljubljana hospital last year. With 18.5 actual donors per million people, Slovenia ranked fourth among eight countries in the Eurotransplant region, the Slovenia-Transplant institute said in a press release.

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, one of the three bridges connecting Istanbul's European and Asian sides, was illuminated in green to draw attention to organ donation on Nov. 9.

Within the scope the Organ Donation Week, celebrated between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9 every year, different kinds of activities are carried out to mark the importance of organ donation.