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Sun 20 July 2008
In 2007 :
The NI unit performed 10 live donor kidney transplants and 33 cadaveric kidney transplants
19 patients received a liver transplant
4 patients received a heart transplant
3 patients received a lung transplant
49 people received a corneal transplant
413,198 people currently on the organ donor register
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Facts & Figures

TRANSPLANTS

  • Belfast City Hospital is the centre for kidney transplantation in NI
  • Corneal transplants are performed in the Royal Victoria and Altnagelvin Hospitals
  • Northern Ireland patients go to Newcastle upon Tyne for Heart and lung transplants
  • Northern Ireland patients go to different centres in England and Scotland for Liver transplants
  • Northern Ireland patients go to Dublin and Edinburgh for Kidney / pancreas transplants
  • 1 year after transplant 90% of all transplants will still be working (kidneys, hearts and livers)
  • IN 2007, 314 people from NI awaiting transplants, 271 of them awaiting kidney transplant 
  • In 2004, 15 out of the 50 longest surviving transplant recipients in the world (receiving first kidney transplants) were Belfast City Hospital patients.
  • In 2008 413,198 currently are registered on the organ donor register
  • NI has the lowest % of population registered on the Donor Register
  • NI has one of the highest refusal rate. Currently being a 43% refusal rate
  • It is very important that every one talks to their familily about organ donation and makes them aware of their wishes. Biggest reason for families refusing to donate organs is that they do not know if it is what the patient would have wanted
  • We are striving to increase our live donor transplants and will consider family members and close friends of people who are on dialysis and needing a kidney transplant.
  • To become a donor call 0845 60 60 400 or click here

LIVE TRANSPLANTS / DONORS

Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for the majority of patients whose kidneys have failed. Unfortunately the supply of donor organs in the UK is outstripped by the demand for transplants. Over the past few years there has been an increase in the number of patients deemed suitable for kidney transplant and so the waiting list will continue to increase.

  • Potential living  kidney donors need to be blood group compatible, tissue type compatible and healthy with no serious underlying medical conditions.
  • Living donor kidney transplants can provide a better outcome than cadaver transplants.
  • Paired living donation is also an option in N Ireland

To sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register click here
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