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atest figures from the National Organ year and the later outbreak of swine flu, a need treatment to replace their non-
Procurement service show that there total of 18 living donor kidney transplants functioning kidneys. the Hse National
were 154 donor referrals last year, an eight were completed in 2009. this was three renal Office (NrO), under the direction

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participate in the national programme. risen by 60 per cent over the last five years.
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“there has been some
the NrO’s role is to provide governance,
donations leading to transplants. all but integration and leadership in developing a
three involved multi-organ donations which discussion here in ireland national framework for delivering renal
variously included heart, lung, liver, kidney
and also in the UK about
services. One of its priorities is to ensure
and pancreas donations. that access to transplantation is available to
a total of 17 hearts were donated last
whether changes in
as many patients as possible from all parts
year, compared to 10 in the preceding 12 of the country and at Beaumont we are
months; four double lungs (against one in approach to obtaining working with the NrO to maintain and
2008); five single lungs (against seven in
2008) and 68 livers (against 59 in 2008). It
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per cent of Irish citizens with kidney failure
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would simply not happen without the increase the availability of latest results ensure that this proportion
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growth during 2009. a total of 172 kidney the need for renal transplantation results increase the availability of transplant
transplants were done last year. this was from renal disease, which is a common organs. the widely held view within
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an increase of 11 per cent on the 157 health problem in Ireland. Chronic kidney Irelands transplant community is that the
undertaken in the previous highest year, disease (CKD) afflicts up to 280,000 consistently high level of donation in Ireland
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1998. Of the 2009 total, 164 transplants citizens, most of whom are unaware of with the consent of relatives indicates that
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were kidney only, eight were combined that fact. More significant, kidney disease the respectful voluntary “opt in” approach
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the growth in the number of patients disease and premature death. the most a change to an “opt out” system would be
treated under the living donor kidney prominent manifestation of advanced counter-productive and many also find it
transplant programme, led by surgeon kidney dysfunction is End Stage Kidney morally repugnant.
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activity due to an outbreak of norovirus in In Ireland, about 450 people each year especially for relatives of the donor. But
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