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Ukrainian clinics performed 516 organ transplants in 2024

8 January , 2025  

According to the Ukrainian Center for Transplant Coordination (UCTC) on its website, 28 medical centers performed transplants. In particular, 337 patients received kidney transplants, 107 received liver transplants, and 71 received heart transplants. In addition, after a significant break, a lung transplant was performed at the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
According to the UCTC, the largest number of organ transplants were performed by Lviv TMC (140) and the National Center of Surgery and Transplantation named after A.A. Shalimov (140). Shalimov National Center of Surgery and Transplantation (91) and the Heart Institute (52).
At the same time, according to the UCC, the fourth largest private clinic in terms of the number of transplants is Oberig (Capital LLC, Kyiv), where 44 liver and two kidney transplants were performed.
The UCTC also reports that in 2024, the number of hematopoietic stem cell transplants increased by 18%: 404 bone marrow transplants were performed in 11 medical institutions, 58 of which were for children.
The largest number of bone marrow transplants was performed at the National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Okhmatdyt” (81), Kyiv City Center for Nephrology and Dialysis (74), and Cherkasy Center for Oncology, Hematology, Transplantation and Palliative Care (72).
At the same time, five medical centers perform allogeneic transplants, including three from unrelated donors.
As of the beginning of 2025, there are 3578 patients on the national waiting list, including 2276 waiting for kidney transplants, 586 for liver transplants, and seven for split liver transplants.
There are 615 patients on the waiting list for heart transplantation, 50 patients are waiting for lung transplantation, and 26 patients are waiting for a heart-lung complex.
There are 20 patients waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant.

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