[HIGHLIGHTS] Education and law: increasing willingness to donate organs

In North Rhine-Westphalia alone, 1,800 people are waiting for a new organ. Only 166 organs were donated in 2023.

Only 965 people donated one or more organs after their death last year. Around 8,400 people nationwide are on the waiting list for a transplant. The German Foundation for Patient Protection accused Karl-Josef Laumann of not sufficiently supporting existing options. The “#NRWEntscheidetSich” campaign is also intended to promote the decision to donate organs in society.