Donations
and
transplants
of organs, tissues and cells in 2021
returned to pre-pandemic levels
, according to the
2021 report of the National Transplant
Center
. After the sharp slowdown in 2020, when the impact of Covid had led to a 10% decline, in 2021 the situation marked a + 12.1% in organ donations and 9.9% in that of transplants. 3,778 transplants performed in Italy in 2021, 341 more than in 2020. The regions with the most interventions were Lombardy (686), Veneto (523) and Emilia Romagna (486).
In the last 12 months, 3,201,540 declarations of intent have been collected on the possible willingness to donate organs
, of which 2,204,318 consented to the donation (68.8%) and 997,222 oppositions (31.2%): this is the percentage of "yes" is the highest ever collected in a year since the registration of the opinion of adult citizens on the matter takes place mainly in the municipal registry at the time of renewal of the identity card. In 2020 the opposition had been 33.6%, two and a half points more.
"The latest data from the report of the National Transplant Center on 2021 are
further confirmation of the extraordinary ability to react that the National Health Service has shown in these two years of pandemic
": said the Minister of Health,
Roberto Speranza
.
"We must continue to invest in excellence such as the transplant network, both on the organizational front and in terms of information promotion, to convince more and more citizens to say yes to the donation", added the minister.
(HANDLE).