Number of organ donors on the rise

THE number of organ donations is on the increase for the first time in five years.

Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, which is home to the National Organ Procurement Service, received organs from 70 donors up to the end of September five more than in all of last year.

Another positive result was that the majority of cases were multi-organ donations, allowing surgeons the option of using kidneys, liver, heart and lungs from the same donor.