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Article: Fifty per cent increase in organ donation possible within five years.
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- January 17, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 January 2008-UK Government: Fifty per cent increase in organ donation possible within five years(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The Government today announced it would back the recommendations of the Organ Donation Taskforce, which could see a 50 per cent increase in organ donation in the UK within five years - resulting in an additional 1,200 transplants a year and saving thousands of lives.
The Taskforce, set up to examine how organ donation and transplant rates can be improved, today published its report 'Organs for Transplants'.
The report proposes a radical shift from existing arrangements, ...