Ahead of the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Health Minister Petra Köpping promoted organ donation. "Organ donation offers the great happiness of a second life," said the SPD politician. The World Championships for athletes with a donor organ ensured that the topic was carried around the world. "In the interests of those who are in urgent need of an organ, it is my hope that consent to organ donation will become normal after one's own death," explained Köpping.
According to the figures, 182 organs were removed for transplantation from 72 people in Saxony last year. This was more than in 2023 with 66 organ donors and 181 organs removed. However, just under 400 people were waiting for a transplant in the state at the end of 2024.
