Tunisia reports 1,700 patients need kidney transplants
The article discusses the state and importance of organ transplantation in Tunisia, focusing particularly on kidney, heart, and liver transplants. It explains that approximately 1,700 patients are awaiting kidney transplants, but annually only between 30 and 35 procedures are performed using organs from brain-dead donors. There are also about 17,000 donors carrying the word "Donor" on their identity cards. Regarding heart and liver transplants, around 50 patients per year need these procedures, yet only about 10 to 12 transplants are carried out annually. Since the initiation of organ transplantation activities in Tunisia, approximately 2,000 kidney transplants have been performed, with 80% from living donors and 20% from brain-dead donors. The number of heart transplants since 1989 has reached around 90. The main challenge is attributed to a lack of public awareness about the importance of donation, despite an increasing number of families agreeing to donate and registering donors’ wishes on their identity cards. The article highlights the need to expand transplant procedures and improve the culture of donation in order to save more lives.
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