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  • 02 Nov 09
    western4uk
    Kieran Lamb

    "The shortage of organs in this country is critical. Of the 8,000 people who were waiting last year for transplant operations, the lack of available organs meant less than half that number underwent transplant in 2008-9.

    The shortage means that each year a large number of people die unnecessarily; are condemned to death in one of the cruellest of ways, in fact, because they know an extension to their lives is not beyond hope and is being denied them solely because no donated organ is available."

    Transplantation Services Mortality Health News UHN Ethics The Independent