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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9648

23 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health
Measures proposed by Parliament to fight organ shortages and “transplant tourism”

Brussels, 22/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - To prevent organ trafficking and “transplant tourism”, the European Parliament has proposed a raft of measures, including a European donor card complementary to existing national schemes, a “transplant” hotline, with a single telephone number, to provide the public with better information 24 hours a day, greater cooperation between member states to increase the availability of organs, improving access to and the efficiency of transplant systems,...

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