Organ transplant operations during Greece’s crushing economic crisis have dropped precipitously for a 12-year-old of only 7 per 1 million people in 2012 compared to 7.2 the year before.
This caused concern among scientists who participated in an event at Mitera General Hospital organized by the hospital’s First Pathology Clinical Department under the title The Future of Transplantations in Greece.
A survey examining the reason for the low percentages found that Greeks still lack confidence in the health system that curries out such surgeries.
Dimitrios Gakis, President at the Centre of Solid Organ Transplantations of the Ippokration Hospital and representative of Greece for transplantation issues at the European Council, stated that despite the efforts that have been made in the last 20 years, there was no significant increase in the number of donors in Greece.
Gakis underlined that Greece remained steadily at the bottom of the European table, despite the paradox that in polls the acceptance of organ donations among Greece reaches 90 to 95 percent. “Practically we did not manage to transform into action the intention of the citizens,” Gakis said.
See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email!
