Hong Kong records over 137,000 organ donation registers

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Hong Kong records over 137,000 organ donation registers

(Xinhua) 08:27, November 25, 2013

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Hong Kong has recorded over 137,000 organ donation registers, and the government will continue its promotion and education work to encourage more people to join the league, Hong Kong's Director of Health Constance Chan said here on Saturday.

The Centralized Organ Donation Register (CODR), which aims to encourage the public to register their wish to donate organs after death, celebrated its fifth anniversary in the city Saturday.

Addressing the ceremony, Chan said over 137,000 CODR registrations were recorded as of November 2013, in contrast to about 88,000 when celebrating the third anniversary of the CODR in 2011.

Meanwhile, the total number of fans recorded in the traditional Chinese version of the "Organ Donation@HK" Facebook fanpage had surged to over 10,000, Chan said, adding both achievements were "impressive."

According to recent surveys conducted by the Department of Health, over 95 percent of respondents aged from 18 to 64 reported that they would not object to their family members donating organs after death if they had previously expressed their willingness.

In addition, over 60 percent of respondents expressed a willingness to donate their organs after death.

The CODR enables the Hospital Authority's transplant coordinators to affirm organ donors' wish and approach their family members at the critical moment, so that the transplant coordinators can arrange to carry out relevant examinations and operations in order to benefit more patients in urgent need of organ donation.

（Editor：GaoYinan、Yao Chun）