Its chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said as of Aug 31, there were 16,945 kidney as well as 17 liver patients awaiting organ donation.
He said at the moment, the committee had listed 235,573 people pledging their organs but they were not adequate to meet demand.
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