Dire warning over shortage of organs
Cardiothoracic surgeon at Dublin’s Mater Hospital, Freddie Wood, told a conference that more than one-in-four patients die within six months of being placed on a waiting list for transplants. At present, there are 24 patients awaiting a transplant who face up to 10 months on a waiting list.
The number of annual transplants has plummeted in recent years, from 20 in the mid-1990s to just seven last year.
