EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT DONATION DEBATE
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NURSING organisations have been asked to join European Commission public consultation on whether there should be a European Union (EU) directive encouraging the transfer of organs across EU national borders. There are wide differences between the number of donors in European countries, from 34.6 donors per million population (ppm) in Spain to 13.8 ppm in Britain, 6 ppm in Greece and 0.5ppm in Romania. This means there could be organs available in one country, while another has none. A Brussels paper said: "A directive...could set quality ...
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