VILNIUS – Some 3,500 people signed up to be organ donors in Lithuania last year, with the number reaching the largest level in the whole post-independence period, the National Transplantation Bureau said.
Its figures show that 3,536 people signed up to be organ donors last year, up by almost a third from 2,772 a year earlier.
The change might be related to the public's growing awareness and more frequent campaigns, Rasa Pekarskiene, head of the communication division at the NTB, said.
"Following various campaigns and TV...
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