Efforts to increase number of organ donors hailed

PETALING JAYA: The government’s new efforts to increase the number of cadaveric organ donation have been lauded as good news for patients on the transplantation waiting list.

In support of the initiatives, National Heart Institute (IJN) clinical director of heart and lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support services Datuk Dr Mohd Nazeri Nordin said this was the starting point for identifying more potential donors.