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On 23 April, we will ratify a report on organ donation and transplantation and the actions to be taken to increase the number of organs available. This is a subject of the utmost importance: 10 people die each day in Europe due to the organ shortage; more than 15 000 European patients are on waiting lists; the average waiting time for a kidney – the most frequently transplanted organ – is more than 24 months in Belgium. These are difficult statistics to accept.
I backed the initiative to launch a European donor card. Considering the urgent nature of organ removal, once a potential donor is identified it would be extremely useful if we had a standard European card that could be read and understood by everyone. This initiative is also backed by the vast majority of Belgian citizens, the large majority of whom are in favour of organ donation. This, combined with the ‘presumed consent’ system and proper coordination between transplant centres, explains why our country leads the way in successful transplants.
Our one regret is that we were not more ambitious in recommending that the presumed consent system be adopted across Europe."@en1
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