Organ transplantation is increasing Since the beginning of 2022, without returning to pre-Covid levels. That’s what the Biomedical Agency has found, marking Wednesday, June 22, National Reflection Day. To donate organsTo repackage on the topic, a Connect campaign is being re-broadcast throughout the summer.
“It is very important. We don’t force people to say “You should donate your organs”! But we want them to talk about it around them, to their loved ones.” Dr. Jan-Christoph Feinhard, coordinator of organ harvesting at the University Hospital of Tours, insists. Because only the family of the deceased can oppose the removal of organs If the deceased was not registered in the National Refusal Register. “There are goals in France that it is striving to achieve at the rate of rejection.” Jean-Christophe Finhard adds. A rate that has been hovering around 30% for years and should be reduced.”Significantly“While more than 10,000 people are waiting for a transplant in France.
Recovery activity but remains ‘complicated’
Mobilization around organ donation is more importantDue to the coronavirus pandemic, removals and transplants are down in France In 2020 and 2021, compared to 2019. The CHRU center has not escaped in the rounds of this trend, even if the pandemic has had a smaller impact than it has on other centers, with nearly 350 transplants in 2020, about 40 fewer than in 2019. .”Transplant activities in major centers like ours are also based on harvesting activity in France. However, we are approaching a complex two years, with resuscitation services designed by the pathology of Covid. Nationally, this has resulted in a 25% reduction in transplantsJean-Christophe Vennhard explains.It’s too early to comment on the recovery in 2022, we’re in the process of picking up a bit but it’s still complicated.“