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Number of organ donors in Colombia continues to decline

Started by Clark, May 30, 2014, 02:01:48 PM

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Number of organ donors in Colombia continues to decline
by Flora Baker

A national health institute is looking to boost the percentage of people in Colombia willing to donate their organs after donor numbers fell by 15% over the last two years, El Espectador newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Due to the number of Colombia's total post-mortem organ donors reaching the low level of only eight donors per million people, the National Health Institute (INS) has teamed up with Spanish-based Barcelona Institute of Donation and Transplants to highlight the issue in the hope of changing the trend, El Espectador reported.

Maria Angelica Salinas, coordinator of the Network of Donation and Transplantation, a branch of the INS, stated, "we are conducting visits with Spanish specialists to share information, comments and recommendations in order to optimize the process (of organ donation)."

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