Baku:More than 1,500 individuals are currently on the waiting list for organ donations in Azerbaijan, as announced by Yegana Abbasova, the Chairperson of the Board of the Coordination Center for Organ Donation and Transplantation. This information was shared with journalists, APA reports.

According to Azeri-Press news agency, Abbasova highlighted that 1,800 people in Azerbaijan have registered as organ donors to donate their organs posthumously. She explained that in cases of brain death among these registered donors, their organs will be transplanted to others without requiring consent from their families.

Furthermore, Abbasova noted that over 50 individuals are in need of heart transplants. She also mentioned receiving a letter indicating that two patients on the waiting list had recently passed away. Each year, approximately 50-60 patients waiting for liver transplants lose their lives.