Record number of Swiss organ donors in 2023
With 200 post-mortem donors, this represents an increase of more than a fifth (22%) on the previous year.
This increase is mainly due to innovations in technology and digitisation, said Swisstransplant in a press release on Tuesday. Presumed consent will be introduced in 2026 at the earliest.
However, the number of people on the waiting list remains high: at the end of 2023, 1,391 people were waiting for at least one organ donation (compared with 1442 people in 2022). In 2023, 92 people on the waiting list died, more than ever before.
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In Switzerland, 565 people received an organ donation from a deceased person during the past year, 111 more than in 2022. A total of 584 organs were transplanted (compared with 469 in 2022) into 565 people.
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