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Health | 22 September, 2009 [ 17:00 ]
Two people die every day in Peru while waiting for a transplant
LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra
The lack of volunteer tissue or organ donors causes two patients die in Peru every day, while they are on the waiting list for a transplant, according to Carlos Carvallo, Director of the Peru's National Program of Organs and Tissue Transplant from Essalud (the public social security health system).
With the aim of promoting a culture of solidarity and anonymous donations, Essalud has started the Week of the Donor, during which the people interested will receive all the necessary medical and legal information.
There is a list of 4,500 people in Peru waiting for transplants, and 700 patients die each year due to the fact that in Peru there are only 2 donors per each million of Peruvians.
For example, in Spain there are 37 donors for each million people; 24 per million in Uruguay and 14 per million in Argentina.
Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.
Isabel Guerra
The lack of volunteer tissue or organ donors causes two patients die in Peru every day, while they are on the waiting list for a transplant, according to Carlos Carvallo, Director of the Peru's National Program of Organs and Tissue Transplant from Essalud (the public social security health system). With the aim of promoting a culture of solidarity and anonymous donations, Essalud has started the Week of the Donor, during which the people interested will receive all the necessary medical and legal information.
There is a list of 4,500 people in Peru waiting for transplants, and 700 patients die each year due to the fact that in Peru there are only 2 donors per each million of Peruvians.
For example, in Spain there are 37 donors for each million people; 24 per million in Uruguay and 14 per million in Argentina.
Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.
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# mericorps says :
23 September, 2009 [ 08:12 ]
Organ donation is so imporant and it is very culturally tabu in Peru. I encourage everyone of you to make sure to have an organ donar card, register with your doctor and more important, speak to all your friends, especially the Peruvian friends and express the importance, perhaps facing it on how would they feel if their child, spouse, parent or themselves needed an organ to live.Add your comment
Compassion is the key.
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