There's fresh hope for a Bill which would provide financial support for live donors and is currently before Parliament. It follows the country's first three-way kidney transplant which allowed three live donors to be matched with compatible recipients. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says live donors are in short supply. That Bill is going through because we need to make sure that people who are prepared to altruistically donate organs aren't going to be any financially worse off.Dr Coleman hopes the recent three-way kidney exchange, the first in New Zealand, gives hope for live donors, but says the issue of deceased donations needs to be addressed..
Tuesday 25 October 2016
Organ Donation Bill Hoped To Dncourage Donors
There's fresh hope for a Bill which would provide financial support for live donors and is currently before Parliament. It follows the country's first three-way kidney transplant which allowed three live donors to be matched with compatible recipients. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says live donors are in short supply. That Bill is going through because we need to make sure that people who are prepared to altruistically donate organs aren't going to be any financially worse off.Dr Coleman hopes the recent three-way kidney exchange, the first in New Zealand, gives hope for live donors, but says the issue of deceased donations needs to be addressed..
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