600 people await life-saving organ transplants

MORE than 600 people in Ireland are awaiting life-saving organ transplant operations, new figures show.

600 people await life-saving organ transplants

Despite the long waiting list, however, last year was a record year for organ transplants in Ireland.

A massive growth in liver transplantation and the development of the lung transplant programme accounted for the high number of transplants.

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