New rules should enable more kidney donations
In Germany, thousands of patients have to wait a long time for urgently needed donor organs – including kidneys. Can more flexible specifications help to remedy the deficiency? For many healthy people, organ donation is primarily a question for the time after death. But some organs, such as kidneys, can be removed while they are […]
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to ensure more organ donations
Germany is a backbencher across Europe when it comes to organ donations. Now the Minister of Health wants to change that with a new proposal. In the fight against the organ shortage in Germany, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to make kidney donations much easier. This emerges from a draft for an amendment […]
