Over 10,000 patients waiting but organ donations remain low


KUALA LUMPUR: More than 10,000 patients are desperately awaiting an organ donation that could give them another chance at life.

National Transplant Resource Centre statistics show as of November last year that kidney transplant patients make up the largest group, with 10,266 individuals on the waiting list, followed by heart transplants (nine patients), liver transplants (nine), heart and lung transplants (six), and one patient awaiting a lung transplant.

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