Officials report that in Israel, 2011 was a record year regarding the number of families agreeing to organ donations, 89. These acts they explain saved the lives of 261 people and it represents a significant increase from the 60 organ donations in 2010.
The data was released in an annual report from the National Organ Transplant Center, which also documented 384 transplant surgeries from live and dead donors as compared to 228 in 2010.
2011 was the first year ending with a reduction in the number of people waiting for viable organs, from 1,117 in the beginning of the year to 1,041 at year’s end.
And finally, a record number of people signed on for ADI organ donor cards in 2011, 69,710 new members.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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“384 transplant surgeries from live and dead donors as compared to 228 in 2010.”
A significant reason for this increase in due to one man living in Har Nof, Jerusalem. Rabbi Yeshahayu Heber who heads the Matnat Chayim Organization, has been instrumental in increasing live kidney donations through their efforts. He has made over 50 kidney “shidduchim” for free, over the past 2 years. He couches donors & donees through the bureaucratic process & advises & guides them after the operation – all this lesheim shamayim.