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Article: Organ donation in Jordan More public awareness needed, THE STAR
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- The Star (Jordan, Middle East)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2000
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Ghassan Joha
The Star (Jordan, Middle East)
04-06-2000
ORGAN DONATION is certainly the highest expression of human relations
and a gratitude to God's gift of life. Since 1890, when the first successful
transplant surgery took place, organ donation and transplants have become
routine procedures for many nations worldwide.
Each day, about 60 people around the world receive an organ
transplant, while another 13 die because of organ deficiency. In the US
alone, about 12 people out of 65,000 people die everyday waiting for an
organ transplant that may never come.
Here in Jordan, public awareness of the significance of organ donation
is still far below the hoped for level. However, kidneys, corneas, ...