The head of the Iranian Organ Donation Association announced the increase in the deaths of patients on the waiting list for organ transplants in Iran and said that last year 130 children died while waiting for a heart transplant at Rajai Hospital in Tehran. In a conversation with the Ilana news agency, Dr. Kation Najafizda said, referring to the decrease in the number of organ donations in Iran after the corona epidemic, that unlike many countries in the world that managed to return the number of organ donations to the level before the epidemic, Iran has not yet reached the favorable conditions of the past. He added that although the number of brain deaths in the country has not decreased, the amount of transplantable organs used by people with brain death is still lower than expected. Najafizda, referring to the statistics of the heart transplant department at Rajai Hospital, said that last year only 30 cases of children's heart transplants were performed in this hospital, while 130 children died due to the lack of a transplanted heart on the waiting list. Also, the head of the Iranian Association for Organ Donation announced plans to implement a national project with the participation of the Ministry of Health, the transplant units and culture-building institutions, and said that the goal of the program is to increase the use of transplanted organs from people with brain death and to reduce the death of patients who need a transplant.

The head of the Iranian Organ Donation Association announced the increase in the deaths of patients on the waiting list for organ transplants in Iran and said that last year 130 children died while waiting for a heart transplant at Rajai Hospital in Tehran. In a conversation with the Ilana news agency, Dr. Kation Najafizda said, referring to the decrease in the number of organ donations in Iran after the corona epidemic, that unlike many countries in the world that managed to return the number of organ donations to the level before the epidemic, Iran has not yet reached the favorable conditions of the past. He added that although the number of brain deaths in the country has not decreased, the amount of transplantable organs used by people with brain death is still lower than expected. Najafizda, referring to the statistics of the heart transplant department at Rajai Hospital, said that last year only 30 cases of children's heart transplants were performed in this hospital, while 130 children died due to the lack of a transplanted heart on the waiting list. Also, the head of the Iranian Association for Organ Donation announced plans to implement a national project with the participation of the Ministry of Health, the transplant units and culture-building institutions, and said that the goal of the program is to increase the use of transplanted organs from people with brain death and to reduce the death of patients who need a transplant.