Germany: Organ donation hits all-time low after scandal

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http://www.thelocal.de/20140815/organ-donation-hits-all-time-low

Organ donation hits all-time low after scandal

More than 10,700 patients are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, but with the organisation handling organ donations still plagued by a 2012 scandal, resulting in what could potentially be an all-time low of organ donations.
Last year already marked a low point, with only 876 donors giving organs in 2013. That was a 15-percent drop from previous years 2012 (1,046) and 2011 (1,200).
In the first six months of this year, there have been 513 organ donations, causing concern at the German Organ Transplant Foundation (DFO) that this year's total number could be even lower. The same period in 2013 saw 548 donors.
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