Last year 483 people donated a ‘living kidney’
In total, 483 people donated a kidney to a friend or relative last year, making the Netherlands one of the world’s leading live donor countries.
The number of live donations has gone up five-fold in 15 years, figures from the national transplant foundation show.
The number of transplants using kidneys from dead donors has remained stable, the foundation said.
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