Wales has become the first UK country to introduce a soft opt-out system for organ donation. From Tuesday, the assumption will be that people are willing to donate unless they opt out of the process. The University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff is the only hospital in Wales where pancreas and kidney transplants take place. In the year to April, surgeons here transplanted - benefiting 141 patients. Around a third of the organs came from patients who had died at other hospitals in Wales. There are hopes of increasing the number of donors with the new legislation. Medical staff involved in the process have given their views on the change in the law - and a patient who had just received a kidney...
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