HCM City: 449 people pledge to donate organs

The National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation and the Buddhism Fund held a ceremony at Giac Ngo Pagoda in HCM City to encourage organ donations after death ( Photo Courtesy of the centre)

HCM City (VNA) - As many as 449 people attending a ceremony on November 28 signed a pledge to donate their organs after death to the National Coordination Centre for Organ Transplantation.

The centre, along with the Buddhism Fund, organised the ceremony at HCM City’s Giac Ngo Pagoda to encourage organ donations.

According to Nguyen Hoang Phuc, deputy head of the centre, more than 16,000 people in the country have serious heart, kidney, liver and lung problems that could require organ transplants. More than 300,000 people have cornea problems which need surgery.

Phuc said there was a shortage of organs for transplantation. The ceremony to encourage organ donations is held regularly by the national centre at various locations in the country.-VNA

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