Organ donor failure in South Africa, Zodwa said, in 2014, her body started swelling and she was experiencing shortness of breath. She said she had excess water in her body which led to the breathing problems. The doctor told her that her kidneys were failing.
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Gauteng alone has about 1 000 patients who are waiting for organ and tissue transplants. This month 18 patients who were on that waiting list finally got organs. The province has an ongoing campaign to raise awareness on the importance of organ donations. “South Africans need to be educated on organ donation, as a lot of lives can be saved. People need to know that they don’t need to donate when they are still alive, but they can register with an organ donation foundation to save lives [when they pass on],” “Organ transplant is part of the ongoing discussions in the department, with a number of issues having to be considered, including recruiting of qualified specialists and sourcing the required health technological equipment,” Organ donor failure, Dekeda said. Free State health spokesperson Mondli Mvambi said the province had not had organ transplants since 2015. “The institutions that are purpose-ready, should this programme resume, are the Universitas Academic Hospital and Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital [both in Bloemfontein].
“These hospitals currently have 260 active renal failure patients on dialysis. All 260 can potentially get a kidney but our kidney transplant programme is inactive due to lack of donors and specialists to do the transplants,” Mvambi said. He said plans were underway to revive the programme which is being spearheaded by the department of nephrology at Universitas. Organ donor failure, “This initiative has identified surgeons working at the Pelonomi hospital who are already experienced in providing the transplant service in the private sector,” Mvambi said. Meanwhile, in the North West, patients waiting for organ transplants are sent to Johannesburg and Cape Town, according to provincial health spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane. “The province does not really keep a waiting list for organs such as heart and lungs, as it’s done ad hoc. And, in any case, it’s difficult [to do transplants] in the public sector. There could be a waiting list for corneal transplant,”
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