Kidney transplants, only 10% is life

(ANSAmed) – Nicosia, 17 Apr – lives only 10 per cent of kidney transplants in Italy, against a European average which stands at 20%. The figure was revealed by Alessandro Nanni Costa, Director of the National Center of transplants. “In our country for live transplants are 3 per million inhabitants,” said Nanni Costa-: about 200 each year, a figure still insufficient meeting the actual needs. “” In Italy, 9,000 people are waiting for transplants and more than 50,000 are undergoing dialysis. All rights reserved