Record Year for Organ Transplants in 2012

Ljubljana, 16 January - Doctors at Slovenia's biggest hospital, UKC Ljubljana, performed 117 organ transplants last year, a new record, as the number of organ donors continued to increase.

Ljubljana Slovenia's main hospital, UKC Ljubljana, performed 117 organ transplants last year, a new record. Danica Avsec, the head of Slovenija Transplant, says Slovenia among top ten countries in number of organ donors. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's main hospital, UKC Ljubljana, performed 117 organ transplants last year, a new record. Danica Avsec, the head of Slovenija Transplant, says Slovenia among top ten countries in number of organ donors.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Slovenia's main hospital, UKC Ljubljana, performed 117 organ transplants last year, a new record, according to Valentin Sojar, the head of the hospital's transplant division. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's main hospital, UKC Ljubljana, performed 117 organ transplants last year, a new record, according to Valentin Sojar, the head of the hospital's transplant division.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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