Wednesday, November 2, 2016

A (first) three way kidney exchange in New Zealand

Minister welcomes NZ's first three way kidney exchange
RACHEL CLAYTON AND LAURA WALTERS, October 24 2016


"A three-way kidney transplant exchange has been carried out in New Zealand for the first time.

The process involved taking three incompatible donor and recipient pairings and matching them with each other to allow a transplant to take place.

The transplants took place in Canterbury and Auckland earlier this month "



"Organ donation in New Zealand has risen over the past 10 years, from 29 dead organ donors in 2005 to 53 in 2015.

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