In the first half of 2024, 283 organ transplants were performed in 24 Ukrainian transplant centers, the Ukrainian Center for Transplant Coordination (UCTC) reported on its Facebook page.
The report specifies that, in particular, 187 kidney transplants, 55 liver transplants, and 41 heart transplants were performed during this period. At the same time, 67% of transplants were performed using organs from posthumous donors.
Most of the transplants were performed by doctors at the First Medical Association of Lviv, the Shalimov National Center for Surgery and Transplantation, and the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health.
The largest number of brain deaths were diagnosed in medical institutions in Kyiv (20), Lviv (11) and Vinnytsia (5).
According to the UCTC, there are currently 3212 patients on the national waiting list, 2077 of whom need kidney transplants, 523 need liver transplants, 507 need heart transplants, and 41 need lung transplants.
