Charity calls for state-backed organ donation drive

WITH 30 cystic fibrosis sufferers on a waiting list for double lung transplant, the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland (CFAI) had called for a state-sponsored programme to raise organ donation awareness.

CFAI chief executive Philip Watt said it was “completely unacceptable that this role is left to a charity (the Irish Kidney Association)” and that the Government “continues to abrogate its responsibility in respect of organ donor awareness”.

“It should be a Government responsibility to raise awareness about organ donation and transplantation as no charity could match the resources and impact of a committed Government department,” Mr Watt said.