Too many in need of transplants

PETALING JAYA: The stark reality of organ donations is that there is a severe imbalance between demand and supply.

According to the National Transplant Resource Center (NTRC), only 277 transplants were performed last year despite a staggering waiting list of 9,024 adults – with 416 paediatric patients needing kidney donations alone.Its senior national clinical organ donation manager Dr Hasdy Haron said kidneys were in high demand due to the high number of dialysis patients in Malaysia.