KUCHING: It is estimated that more than 450 Malaysians are in urgent need of new hearts and many others in need of new kidneys, livers, corneas and tissues like heart valves, skin and bones each year.
However, due to cultural taboos about organ donation, they are on a long waiting list of organ-transplant patients and one third of them will die while still on the list.
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