Organ transplants hit record high in Iran
Tehran, IRNA- More than 35,000 organ transplants were conducted in Iran last year (ended March 20, 2023), hitting an all-time record, according to official data.
Deputy health minister Saeed Karimi said Monday that 35,010 patients in need of organs underwent transplantation surgeries in hospitals across the country in the Iranian calendar year 1401.
Of those, the largest number was kidney transplants with 2,430 patients, a 16% increase from before the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by liver transplants with 893 successful surgeries, he noted.
“These are the most unprecedented annual numbers in the history of transplants in the country,” Karimi pointed out.
Brain-dead donations (PMP) also increased by 12.2 percent compared to the year before, the deputy health minister said.
An organ transplant is a life-saving procedure that is typically performed after an organ is donated following a brain or cardiac death.
Brain death is an irreversible condition when all brain activity ceases and therefore the patient cannot regain consciousness and is usually only able to breathe through a ventilator.
