Organ donation taskforce

The last three years have seen an increase in the number of transplants in Greece, with 2023 being the best year in the last 15 years in terms of organ supply.

According to National Transplantation Organization data, 87 deceased organ donors were registered last year (8.3 donors per million people), resulting in 204 solid organ transplants.

Around 28,500 patients are currently waiting for organ transplants in Turkey, according to data from the Health Ministry.

Some 21,629 of these patients are waiting for a kidney transplant, with 4,268 having applied for the operation since the beginning of this year.

Some 58,195 patients have been receiving dialysis treatment in one of Turkey’s 853 dialysis centers.

Greece is at the bottom of the European Union scale as regards organ transplants due to a lack of public awareness and inefficient funding, experts told a press conference on Wednesday.