The importance of organ donation is discussed in the new episode of "15 minutes with..." the in-depth talk on the health of the Cagliari university hospital in collaboration with the Unione Sarda group, which will be broadcast live on Tuesday 28 February at 5 pm on the social networks of the Aou of Cagliari (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter), on the website www.aoucagliari.it, on the Facebook page of the Unione Sarda and on www.unionesarda.it.
As always, viewers will be able to ask questions live. On Wednesday, readers of the Unione Sarda will find in-depth information in the newspaper's “Salute” insert.
Guest of the column, conducted by the journalist Fabrizio Meloni, head of Communications and External Relations of the Aou, will be Dr. Marcello Saba, transplant coordinator of the Cagliari hospital-university company.
In 2022 there were 1,830 people in Italy who donated organs, an increase of 3.7% compared to the confirmed donors of the previous year.
According to the National Transplant Center of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, although in Italy the number of organ donors per million population (MPP) also rose by 1.4% compared to the previous year, in our region the percentage fell by 3.3%.
In Sardinia, the first regional day dedicated to donation and transplantation was celebrated on Friday 24 February, an occasion to remember the importance of giving one's "yes".
The talk “15 minutes with…” is edited by Aou Cagliari News, the newspaper of the university hospital. An agile and simple format, it includes 15 minutes of discussions with specialists and the possibility for the public to ask questions live.
(Unioneonline)
