600 awaiting transplants as donations fall

There are more than 600 people in the country waiting for life-saving transplants, but the number of donors has decreased year-on-year.

Organ Donor Awareness Week begins this weekend. A campaign is underway to increase the number of organ donors after the number fell to 78 last year, compared to 93 in 2011. A total of 206 transplant operations were carried out from organs donated by the 78 donors.