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In Germany, It Is All Too Easy To Skip The Organ Waiting List

A recreation of Dr Barnard's first human heart transplantation in the Heart of Cape Town Museum
A recreation of Dr Barnard's first human heart transplantation in the Heart of Cape Town Museum Tiiu Sild

BERLIN – Normally in Germany, there’s a waiting list procedure for organ transplants. The Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation (German Foundation for Organ Transplantation) coordinates the information about available organs from donors, and these organs are then allocated by the Netherlands-based Eurotransplant to seven central European member countries. In Germany, transplants take place at 50 transplant centers […]

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