About 600 people are on the waiting list for organ transplants, including heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas.
Organ transplants continued during the Covid-19 pandemic, 206 were performed in 2021, 16 more than in 2020.
To kick off Organ Donation Awareness Week, people are encouraged to become organ donors.
People whose families have been touched by organ transplants attended the launch of the campaign. People are urged to consider organ donation in an effort to save other people’s lives.
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