Year – landmark expected to be 2025 for Greece on transplants and instrument donation. Our country made a historical leap in these areas so that there is hope for hundreds of our fellow humans.
The Hellenic Transplant Organization (EOM) announced that, so far in 2025, 111 people proceeded with organ donation and gave life to 240 patientssurpassing the 238 transplants of 2024. And yet this year has not been completed.
At the same time, the initiative of the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, EOM and HIDA, for the Team sending news emails To all citizens to become organ donors, it has begun to bear fruit.
More than 7,000 citizens have accepted to become organ donors only within Octoberagainst about 2.000 which was recorded annually in previous years.
This change is not just arithmetic: it is the proof of a maturation and the growing awareness that a few seconds to send a reply email can save lives.
This message has already arrived, already, in over 1.5 million citizens And it will continue until it covers the total population of the country, marking the largest information campaign on organ donation in Greece, which has been made to date.
Greece record in transplants in 2025
On October 6 – according to EOM- completed instruments from the 111st donor of the yearalready reaching last year’s number that had been achieved only at the end of 2024.
The President of EOM, Professor George Papatheodoridis, said how in Greece we are now walking in new times:
“In the donation and transplants of instruments in Greece we are walking in new times. These actions are not bright exceptions in our hospitals, but a new promising daily life. Families are increasingly choosing to consent to the donation of the organs of their own people, trusting the national transplant system. It is an indisputable example of a human -focusing society. “
This year’s performance is not just a record number. Behind each donor lies a family Which, in the loss, chooses life for others. Organ donation to Greece is no longer an exception, but an act of culture and humanity, added Mr. Papatheodoridis:
“Strengthening the culture of organ donation is a collective effort. Every citizen who says “yes to life” becomes a link of a chain of hope that saves lives. Donation and instrument transplants in our country are gradually increasing over the last 5 years and efforts to further improve. “
Celebration of the European Organ Donation Day in Kalamata
Last Friday, October 10, Kalamata hosted the opening event of the European Day donation, tissues and cells 2025, celebrating Greece the great progress made in the field of transplants and tangible results of this effort.
Slogan “Organ donation. More Life ยปthe event highlighted the humanitarian nature of organ donation, sending a message of hope and solidarity.
The Speaker of the House, Nikitas Kaklamanis, He pointed out how organ donation is the highest example of culture and humanity: “It is an act that does not know borders, religions or ideologies. It is the pure expression of love for fellow man. “
The Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, He added how Greece has made progress steps, but the road is long, as he said: “With cooperation, institutional support and confidence in health professionals, we can convert organ donation into a self -evident part of our social consciousness. Already, in collaboration with HIDA, we have sent information emails to the citizens, with more than 7,000 new tissue and instrument donors already registered. This shows that when there is proper information, society responds with generosity and sensitivity. “
The Deputy Minister of Health, Marios Themistocles, He added how organ donation is not only a medical practice, but “an organized process of faith in man. Every donor is a hero who gives life after life. “
The President of the Council of Council of Medicines and Health Care of the Council of Europe, Petra Doerr, Europe stressed, “those who give life through their own loss. Organ donation is the connecting link of a united continent of humanity. “
The National Representative to the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe on Transplantation and President of the Onassis Hospital, Professor John Bolettisfor his part, how transplantation is the height of medical science and human offerings: “Greece has the knowledge, the will and the people to become a model in this field.”
The evening included a music and dance event, “The Rhythm of Life”, and interviews with donors and recipients, through which the deep human dimension of donation emerged. High -ranking representatives of the State, Local Government, Church, Medical Community and Council of Europe were addressed.
At the same time, outside the Spiritual Center, the group of “Orulides”, in collaboration with the Onassis and EOM Foundation, informed the public, answered questions and distributed educational material for children 7-11 years old.
The message to the citizens
The informative email received over 1, 5 million citizens and will be received by all Greeks in the coming days, is entitled: Organ donation – more life, and states:
‘Dear girlfriend, dear friend,
Every day, more and more patients in Greece are preserved thanks to the invaluable gift of transplantation. An act of medicine, but above all deeply human, as it is a prerequisite for organ donation.
Behind every transplant, there is someone who gave life through his own end. There is a man – a hero – who made a living decision: to donate his organs after death and to provide hope to our weak people.
For many patients, transplantation is not an option, it is their only opportunity to continue living.
If we or some of us once needed a graft to continue living, wouldn’t we wish to have someone who would do this brave act?
The continuation of life is in our hands. In a society in favor of organ donation, waiting lists would be eliminated and each patient would find a graft when needed.
With a simple move, we can declare our desire to become instrument donors.
If you want to find out more about how the organ donation process works work, visit the official website of the Hellenic Transplant Organization (EOM) HERE.
If you want to register now as a donor or donor, come in HERE:
Discuss this decision with your family. It is very important that your people know your desire.
In the donation of organs, the hope of survival comes through the fellow man. And that is her grandeur. Share it. “
Source: iatropedia.gr