Organ donation movement launched

PANO – The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, held a live TV show entitled “When life is shared” and launched an organ donation movement on October 26^th.

Removing cornea for transplantation. Photo: laodongthudo.vn

The show aimed to spread the noble and humanitarian meaning of organ donation saving people’s lives. According to the Vietnam National Coordination Center for Organ Transplantation, by September 30^th this year the demand for organ transplants exceeds the number of donations.

At the event, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien granted health insurance cards and For-people’s-health insignias to 10 outstanding individuals and launched the “organ donation movement” which encourages the community to donate their organs after death, helping patients with fatal diseases recover.