May 20 proposed as National Organ Donor Day
VGP - The Ministry of Health suggested the Government designate May 20 as the National Organ Donor Day to raise public awareness about the importance of organ donation.
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan announced the proposal while while addressing the launch of a campaign entitled "Registration of tissues and organs -Giving is forever" today in Ho Chi Minh City.
Since the first organ case was implemented in Viet Nam 32 years ago, over 1,000 transplants have been carried out per year, making Viet Nam the top country in Southeast Asia in terms of the number of annual organ transplants.
However, tissue and organ donations in Viet Nam are mainly from living donors, accounting for 94 percent. Donations from the dead are still very limited, unable to meet the increasing need for tissue and organ transplants.
The registration rate of tissue and organ donation among the general population and especially the rate of tissue and organ donation after brain deaths in Viet Nam remains very low.
The rate of organ donor registration is currently 0.086 percent of the population with around 86,000 donors throughout the country.
Given the situation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 9, 2024 called on all Vietnamese adults, regardless of gender, ethnic groups, religion, or region, to register as an organ donor.
Donating organs and tissues is one of the most meaningful presents one can give to others. Thousands of people in Viet Nam have received successful organ transplants and their lives have been spared because of the generosity and sharing of good-hearted people, he added.
Regulations for organ donation in Viet Nam
Citizens who are aged 18 and above and have full capacity for civil acts can register to donate their tissues and organs.
They can print out a form on the portal of the Viet Nam National Coordinating Center for Human Organ Transplantation, fill in the form, and send it plus a photo of themselves and a copy of their ID cards or passports to the center's headquarters at Viet Duc University Hospital at 40 Trang Thi Street in Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi.
They must include the phone number of the recipient, 0915060550, on the envelopes containing the above papers.
Those wishing to register to donate their tissues and organs can also directly make the registrations at Viet Duc University Hospital.
They should bring a photo of themselves and a copy of their ID cards or passports./.
