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Waiting for heart transplantation

Organs for donation come from people that are Brain Death. When brain death is determined, organ procurement personnel notify "Taiwan Organ Registry and Sharing Center"(TORSC) to log a donor into the nationwide system.

Your criteria are recorded in the TORSC system. When an orgran becomes available, the computer will generate a list of matching recepients.

Matches are based on the following criteria:

  • ABO Blood type
  • Status code(1A,1B,2,7)
  • Hepatitis
  • Age
  • Time spent on waiting list
  • Other...

If you would like more written information, please call the Center for transplantation at 886-2-23123456# 63089.