Why transplant surgery is important

Why transplant surgery is important

• It cures life-threatning diseases (like kidneys not working) and improves people's lives (like giving sight to the blind)
• Transplants save over 3000 lives a year
• More people need transplant surgery every year so transplants are essential
• Transplant surgery gives people a chance to help others after their death by using organs which would otherwise be buried or burned
• It is pioneering suirgical methods which lead to the development of spare part surgery (using artificial organs)