Record year for transplants in Poland: over 2,000 organs, says prof. Włodarczyk

Last year was record-breaking for Polish transplantology with over two thousand organs transplanted. Prof. Zbigniew Włodarczyk, head of the Transplantology Department at Collegium Medicum UMK in Bydgoszcz, explains that despite high public support for transplants in surveys, families in hospitals often refuse consent for organ procurement. The expert also discusses prospects for 3D printing of organs and the legal and ethical complexity of determining brain death.

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