The number of transplants performed started to rise again last year in France, but still remained far from pre-Covid levels. While nearly 22,000 patients are waiting for an organ transplant, more than 800 will have died in 2023 because they did not receive a transplant.
The 2022-2026 Transplant plan, unveiled by the Ministry of Health and Solidarity on March 14, 2022, clearly stated: organ harvesting and transplantation are public health activities which constitute a “national priority”