Editorial

15:25 JST, October 22, 2024

There have been many cases in which organs from people who were declared brain dead were offered to other patients, but the transplant operations were not performed due to the circumstances of the relevant hospitals.

It must be said this not only fails to utilize the goodwill of the donors, but it is also terrible for the patients waiting for transplants. The government must take urgent action.

Reports by The Yomiuri Shimbun have revealed that hospitals connected with the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Tohoku University have repeatedly declined organs for transplants due to inadequacies in the hospitals’ systems, such as all the beds being occupied in intensive-care units and shortages of personnel.

In response, the Health, Labor and........

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