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Chinanews, Shanghai, Oct 30 – “My life quality hasn't changed. However, I donated my kidney to save my sister's life. I think it's worth it,” a kidney donor1 said with a smile, the Shanghai-based Youth Daily reported.
Last Sunday, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital held a seminar for living kidney donors2 and receivers. At the meeting, Wang Liming, director of the Changzheng Hospital Kidney Transplant Center, who is also member of the Organ Transplant Committee of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said that many people donated their kidneys to their sick relatives out of affection. He expected that this year, there might be more than 1,000 living kidney transplant surgeries taken across the country, which will be three times last year's. In 2006, about 200 people came to Changzheng Hospital because of kidney failure. However, only 11 of them were able to get living kidneys as donated by their relatives. On the other hand, many patients were waiting for the appropriate kidney source in despair. Some patients had even died because of lack of kidney source, according to information released by Changzheng Hospital. On the one hand, people are willing to save their sick relatives out of the family tie. On the other hand, people's idea about organ donation is also changing with the times. As a result, more and more people are willing to donate their organs now. “When we talked with the patients’ relatives, 70% of them expressed their willingness to donate their kidneys,” Wang said. In 2007, about 19 kidney transplant cooperative projects were undertaken between the Ministry3 of Health and Roche Company and all these projects were assisted by Changzhen Hospital. The hospital also obtained the medicine needed for kidney receivers after the surgery. This reporter learned that last year, Changzheng Hospital carried out 11 living kidney transplant surgeries, whereas during the first ten months of this year, this number had already reached 30.
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