Organ donations in Spain: 32 years leading the way

Spain has been leading the world ranking for organ donations for 32 consecutive years and 2023 marked a new record for the country, with a donation rate of 48.9 donors per million population and 5,861 transplants. Recently, Spanish minister of health, Mónica García, praised the Spanish donation system and recognised the job done by health professionals during all of the processes involved. 

The Spanish model has been considered the gold standard for decades, and this is not only because of the implication and collaboration of Spaniards, but also because of a strong and solid donation and transplant system. To tell us about it we spoke with Beatriz Dominguez-Gil, director of the Spanish National Transplant Organization.