Fri Sep 22, 2023 – 10:23 am EDTFri Sep 22, 2023 – 10:32 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A surgeon recently suggested taking kidneys from terminal newborns to alleviate a shortage.
“We believe that neonatal kidney transplantation offers a ‘game-changing’ solution to the organ shortage crisis,” Dr. Dai Nghiem, a California surgeon, said about his research. “This study looked at the U.S. alone, but if you replicate the findings across the globe then we have a huge untapped pool of available organs that can be used for transplants.”
His research was presented at the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Congress, held from Sep. 17-20 in Athens, Greece.
“Understandably, pediatric organ donation presents distinct ethical and social challenges compared to adult donation,” Dr. Nghiem said in a distributed news release. “For families and caregivers, making the decision to donate can be an incredibly tough process, especially the organs of their newborn.”
“The study revealed that out of the 21,000 infants who lost their lives in 2020, more than 12,000 could have been considered as viable organ donors,” the news release stated.
“There is also a concern amongst the transplant community about the difficulty of the procedure along
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