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459 organ transplants performed in Ukraine in nine months – UCTC

14 October , 2025  

Ukrainian clinics performed 459 organ transplants between January and September 2025.

According to the Ukrainian Transplant Coordination Center (UTCC), the transplants were performed by 25 transplant centers, which performed 274 kidney transplants, 114 liver transplants, and 71 heart transplants.

Currently, there are 4,120 patients on the national waiting list, including 2,512 who need a kidney transplant, 727 who need a liver transplant, 729 who need a heart transplant, 57 for a lung transplant, 19 for a kidney-pancreas transplant, 33 for a split liver transplant, and 43 for a heart-lung transplant.

The top three leaders in organ transplants are the First Medical Association of Lviv (107), the O.O. Shalimov National Scientific Center for Surgery and Transplantology (70), and the Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 1 (58).

Heart transplants are performed in eight medical centers in the country, most of them at the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (42).

Liver transplants are performed at eight healthcare facilities, with the most being performed at the Oberig Clinic (43).

Kidney transplants are performed at 21 facilities, with the most being performed at the First Medical Association of Lviv (76).

Most transplants (70%) were performed using organs from deceased donors.

The UCTC notes that during the first half of the year, most brain death diagnoses were made in medical institutions in Kyiv (27), Lviv (12), and the Kyiv region (10).

At the same time, according to the UCTC, the number of regions where no brain death diagnoses were made has decreased.

In addition, the UCTC reports that between January and September, 343 bone marrow transplants were performed in 12 transplant centers, 59 of which were performed on children.

The largest number of bone marrow transplants were performed at the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital (72), the Cherkasy Clinical Oncology Center (63), and the National Cancer Institute (58). In addition, the first bone marrow transplants were performed at City Clinical Hospital No. 4 of the Dnipro City Council.

Detailed statistics can be found on the website of the Ukrainian Transplant Coordination Center.

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