Mexico Launches Nationwide Drive To Expand Organ Donation And Increase Transplant Access
WORLD NEWS – MEXICO: Mexican health authorities unveiled an intensified push to expand organ donation and scale up transplantation capacity across the country, emphasizing the life-saving potential of a single donor. Officials noted that one donor can provide organs and tissues that could help as many as eight people — including two kidneys, two lungs and a liver — and that the country is beginning to perform pancreas transplants as part of program growth.
The briefing highlighted how transplantation is a critical therapeutic option for chronic, terminal conditions and detailed where those procedures are being delivered. Roughly 76.7 percent of kidney, liver and heart transplants are already being performed in public hospitals, a pattern driven by the high cost of surgery and the need for long-term immunosuppressive medication, which the public system supplies for patients in the years after surgery.
A national campaign is being framed with the explicit goal of eliminating waiting lists and promoting the idea that donation is a lasting legacy that benefits families and communities. Authorities reported meaningful legislative progress to foster donation and urged the public to learn about options, make decisions in advance and discuss their wishes with relatives so procurement and transplantation can proceed smoothly when needed.
Officials closed by pointing to practical steps for those who want to act: registration as a voluntary donor is available, with contact channels open through the Centro Nacional de Trasplantes by phone and an online registration link. The campaign ties program expansion, public hospital support and legal reforms to faster, broader access to life-saving transplants across Mexico.
Living Donor Guidance: Potential donors can register as voluntary donors through the Centro Nacional de Trasplantes via the telephone line or the official online link provided by the center; people are encouraged to inform their families of their decision so donation and transplant processes can proceed.
Video originally published on 2025-12-30 14:09:58
