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Following the commemoration of the Day of Transplantation a few days ago, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported on the current complex scenario of organ donation to in Chile.
In the last year, only 106 people gave up their organs, a figure that contrasts with the one recorded in the same period last year (159 people).
Faced with this situation, the number of transplants fell sharply : According to the newspaper La Tercera, out of 267 surgeries performed in 2017, 189 l were this year.
Under-Secretary of Health Care Networks, Luis Castillo, explained that this decline is related to an opinion of the Comptroller body that established in 2017 that forensic scientists could not consult the close to people registered as donors.
The cost of the controller's office is, for example, reflected by an average of eight donors per month for the period from January to August 2018, compared with 12 to 13 donors on average per month between July 2016 and December 2017 . "
For this situation to change, badures the Under-Secretary " we have reorganized all procurement units to quickly detect potential donors and thereby increase the donation rate. effective, thanks to an active control plan of the National Coordination, in collaboration with the Seremi. In addition, the issue of transplantation is already part of management's management commitments.
Meanwhile, adds that a bill has been sent to Congress to amend the law on transplantation so that "registered people as non-donors must revalidate their position and that the will taken in life can not be canceled by the family, thus clarifying the position of the deceased on the subject, which, if approved, could involve, as in other countries, an increase of up to 80% of the current donation rate of the country ".
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