Donations of organs save 3,000 patients

Nearly 1,300 Chinese citizens have donated organs posthumously for lifesaving transplants this year as of Thursday, saving more than 3,000 lives, an official said.

The number of public organ donations in 2014 is expected to exceed the total in the four previous calendar years combined, said Huang Jiefu, director of the China Organ Donation Committee and a former deputy health minister. China introduced its national organ donation system in early 2010.

Under the system, Chinese can donate organs after death to save patients in need of transplants, and more than 2,730 donations have been made so far.