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Organ donor designation internationally; Flag Country Consent Number of deceased donors, per million of population Population Source Argentina: 19.60 43,590,368
Author and noted world-class mountain climber who has set world records as the first ever heart transplant recipient to scale the most famous mountains in the world. 1995 [29] Jerry Richardson (1938–) American businessman and principal owner of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. February 1, 2009 [30] Sandro (1945–2010) Argentine singer and actor.
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States, established (42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.
The National Donor Monument, Naarden, the Netherlands Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to death, or for deceased donations through the authorization by the legal next of kin.
Although India has performed the second largest number of transplants in the world in 2019 (after United States), it lags far behind the western nations like Spain (35.1 pmp), United States (21.9 pmp) and United Kingdom (15.5 pmp) in national donation with a donation rate of only 0.65 per million population (2019) due to its huge population.
A Google search for organ donation after MAiD produces as its first hit a publication by Wilkinson containing a controversial plea for MAiD by removing the organs and not separating the MAiD procedure from the organ donation process. [33] This approach is considered illegal around the world, but has attracted a lot of attention. [34]
Less than 1% of persons whose death is in hospital can be potential donors because of the limited circumstances for which organ donation is possible. [13] In 2013 only 40% of patients on the organ waiting list received a transplant and 2% of the patients on the waiting list died while waiting for an organ. [14]
The aim of the World Giving Index is to provide insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world. The first edition was released in September 2010. [ 1 ] The most recent edition was published in October 2022, with Indonesia , Kenya and the United States of America ranking as the top three.