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After years of preparation, the new online register for organ donors is scheduled to be activated on Monday. In the future, anyone can register their willingness to donate an organ in the central register.
After years of preparation, the new online register for organ donors is scheduled to be activated on Monday. In the future, everyone will be able to record their willingness to donate an organ in the central register – or even their rejection of such a donation. The Federal Ministry of Health, health insurance companies and medical associations hope that this will result in more organ donations – and thus more lives saved. Until now, everyone had to carry their organ donor card with them at all times in order to document their current stance on the matter.
The register will be introduced gradually: First, it is possible to submit a declaration for or against organ donation using an identification document with an eID function, for example an ID card. From July, registration should also be possible using a health ID, which the insured receive from their health insurance company. From July 1st, hospitals should be able to search for the explanations, retrieve them – and then, in an emergency, transplant an organ. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to present the register at 10 a.m.
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