Need to increase share of brain-dead organ donors in South Korea 2023
According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around 77 percent of respondents stated that they agreed or strongly agreed that there was a need to increase the rate of organ donations from brain-dead patients. In 2023, there were only 483 brain-dead organ donors in the country, while over 50,000 people were waiting for organ transplants as of September 2023.