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Improving organ dontaion and transplantation in Europe

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Subido el 24 de julio de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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The European Commission is about to launch a wide consultation on organ transplantation in June 2006 (envisaged date for the launch: 19 June). An organ transplantation is the only treatment possible in the case of some serious pathologies. Nonetheless, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission, the number of organ donors from one country to another varies between 2 to 35 donors per million inhabitants. Thus, depending on where they live, European patients do not have equal chances to benefit from a transplantation. Furthermore, all countries without exception are faced with the impossibility to treat all the patients on their waiting lists because the organs available are so scarce. Depending on the type of transplant, it is estimated that on the average 15 to 30% of the patients on these waiting lists die because they did not receive a biocompatible organ in time. In the attempt to improve the situation, the European Commission will now launch a wide consultation on organ transplants. The objective is twofold: 1.to enable the EU countries to share their experiences in promoting and organising organ donations, 2.to analyse possible scenarios for cross-border organ exchange, presented as a means to address the growing shortage of available organs. The TV report " Improving organ donation and transplantation in Europe" shows how Spain, which had one of Europe's lowest organ donor rates, over 15 years has moved to the head of the list with 35 donors per million inhabitants. It then shows why 6 countries have decided to come together under the Eurotransplant foundation in order to share their national resources.

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Tito Moura has been a successful singer in Spain for many years. 00:00:00
His most precious souvenir, probably this gold disc. 00:00:18
The very first to be awarded in Spain. 00:00:21
When he listens to the old songs, it's always with a little bit of nostalgia for the past. 00:00:25
A time before one of the most difficult periods of his life. 00:00:29
They didn't put me on a waiting list to have my liver transplanted, 00:00:59
and I died in three months. 00:01:03
In some countries the organisation of getting organ donors is more efficient than in other countries. 00:01:29
But obviously it has to do with how the healthcare system is organised, 00:01:49
what are the beliefs among the population, what are the ethical values in a society. 00:01:53
But we have seen in some countries that the organ donation rates can be dramatically improved by systematic action. 00:01:59
In fact, 15 years ago, Spain, which is now way out at the top of the statistics, 00:02:08
was right down near the bottom of the European class. 00:02:13
But Spain has since created a national transplant organisation, 00:02:17
which has developed an efficient strategy. 00:02:21
It's a pragmatic approach. 00:02:47
A potential donor is usually someone who is declared officially brain dead in a hospital situation. 00:02:57
That means the organs can be kept alive artificially for a certain period in intensive care. 00:03:03
From that moment on, the hospital coordinator plays a crucial role, 00:03:10
as this specialist lung transplant surgeon explains. 00:03:15
Through this system, backed up by public information campaigns, 00:03:40
Spain has gone from 500 donor organs a year in 1989 to 1,500 today, 00:03:44
which is what excited the interest of the European Union. 00:03:50
It would like to see other member states achieve the same increase in their organ donation, 00:03:54
and so it was decided to organise a wide-scale consultation on the subject. 00:03:59
Europe is very much about learning from each other, 00:04:04
and in this case we can show that there are countries who are doing very well, 00:04:07
and we hope that we can, at European level, 00:04:11
transfer the best practices from one country to another country. 00:04:15
We are now listening to all stakeholders in different countries 00:04:19
and trying to get the answer to a question that what would be the best way forward. 00:04:23
But all the countries, including those which are leading the field in organ donation, 00:04:30
still come up against another problem, a chronic shortage of available organs. 00:04:35
One possible response would be to share national resources across borders. 00:05:00
That's what some countries are already doing, linked by different organisations. 00:05:05
One example is the Eurotransplant Foundation in Rotterdam. 00:05:10
For its part, the European Union has been working closely with the European Union 00:05:15
on the issue of organ donation. 00:05:20
One example is the Eurotransplant Foundation in Rotterdam. 00:05:24
For its director, the cross-border sharing of available organs offers distinct advantages. 00:05:29
The major advantage of cross-border changes is that people that need a transplant 00:05:36
only benefit from people with an organ that fits, 00:05:42
and it is very difficult to find an organ that fits well, 00:05:46
and if you have a larger donor pool, the chance that you find a fitting organ is greater. 00:05:49
That's why if countries cooperate, 00:05:54
the chance that you find a good organ is greater than when you stay alone. 00:05:57
And that is why, within Eurotransplant, 20% of all organs cross borders. 00:06:01
And within the rest of Europe, it's only 2%. 00:06:06
Eurotransplant was created 40 years ago by a group of doctors, 00:06:10
and these days covers Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia. 00:06:14
24 hours a day, these six countries keep in touch with each other's needs 00:06:20
and monitor the possibilities of organ exchanges. 00:06:24
The system is an example of what could become a real European exchange network. 00:06:28
I do not see that it would be very difficult to create a Europe 00:06:33
where one would cooperate in the area of organ exchange. 00:06:38
The fact that it has existed for 40 years 00:06:43
and that there are even countries that are interested in further cooperation with Eurotransplant 00:06:46
seems to me that it's a successful formula. 00:06:52
It remains to be seen if a big exchange network on a European scale 00:06:55
is technically feasible or is just a dream, 00:06:59
considering that a transplant must be carried out in a very short time. 00:07:02
Regional cooperation is obviously the first thing to start with, 00:07:08
but of course when the technology evolves and the transportation system improves, 00:07:12
there are possibilities to work more Europe-wide. 00:07:18
In the end, so that all Europeans have the same chance of benefiting from a transplant, 00:07:23
national procedures need to be improved to identify the maximum number of potential donors. 00:07:28
Learning from the experiences of the more advanced countries. 00:07:34
But cross-border exchanges also need to be increased. 00:07:39
As for Tito, every day he thinks about the luck he had to have been given a transplant in time. 00:07:46
He's produced a record with a number of other singers to support organ donation. 00:07:52
A means, he says, of saying thank you 00:07:57
and of promoting, in his own way, what is really a gift of life. 00:08:00
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24 de julio de 2007 - 9:53
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