More organ donations were recorded in Switzerland in 2023 than ever before. This was despite a high rejection rate of 58% by surviving relatives. The annual report published on Tuesday by Swisstransplant, the national foundation for organ donation and transplantation, also shows that more organs were transplanted than ever. A total of 675 people on the waiting list received an urgently needed organ in 2023. In the same period, 225 people were reported to Swisstransplant by families of deceased persons for a review of a possible organ donation after death. This figure is high if the 58% rejection rate by surviving relatives is taken into account, Swisstransplant added. Two hundred of them actually became organ donors. According to Swisstransplant, no organs were used with 25 of them. The causes of death of the 200 organ donors were oxygen deficiency in 83 cases, cerebral haemorrhage or stroke in 82 cases, traumatic brain injury in 30 cases and other causes in the remaining five cases.
