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Organ donation is a noble, voluntary act. It is a gesture of solidarity, a sign of humanity, trust and inner peace when we openly confront our own death and our attitude towards others. By donating, we enable someone to receive medical treatment with an organ transplant.
In Slovenia, organ donation is not permitted without consent. People have the right to make an autonomous and voluntary decision about organ donation.
Transplantation treatment is an established, successful and often the only medical treatment for many diseases. In Slovenia, patients have access to top-quality treatment. They can rely on world class experts for the procedures from donation to transplantation.
Yet transplantation treatment is not feasible without voluntary organ donation. Anyone might become seriously ill and need an organ transplant. A thought-provoking fact is, that statistically we are three times more likely to need organ transplantation than to become an organ donor after our death. An unknown donor can save our lives or those of our loved ones.
A person can save 9 lives by donating organs after their death.
In Slovenia, 85% of people are in favour of donation in principle. Only about 1.5% of the population is declared in the donor register.
In Slovenia, around 110 organ transplants and 120 corneal transplants are performed annually at the UMC Ljubljana.
Slovenia is among the best in terms of the number of heart transplants per million inhabitants
Around 85% of relatives of deceased consent for donation.
Every hour, around 5 new patients are added to the waiting list.
13,498 patients were on the joint waiting list of the Eurotransplant countries (as of 31 December 2023).
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In the field of organ donation, 2023 was a very successful and ground-breaking year. With 30.66 active deceased donors p.m.p. and 79 % consent rate Slovenia is one of the most successful countries in the world.
Browse through Annual report Organ and tissue donation and transplantation in Slovenia in 2023. Key milestones and statistical data for the year 2023 and for programmes since its establishment are presented. Work results are listed in historical and international perspective.