The number of organs’ withdrawals is increasing in Luxembourg
In a parliamentary request to Health Minister Martine Deprez (CSV), LSAP MP Mars di Bartolomeo wanted to know whether organ transplants were planned in Luxembourg.
Hospitals remain at the expense of organ donation
However, this is not the case. Since 2009, Luxembourgian patients who rely on organ donation have been sent abroad. This is because « the critical mass in relation to the number of transplants » is not sufficient in the Grand Duchy, according to the Minister of Health in her answer to the parliamentary request.
Organization in Luxembourg
At European level, the centers of the Eurotransplant network are responsible for transplants. Luxembourg patients receive their organ transplants through this network.
More and more people are ready to donate organs
Transplants are not carried out in the Grand Duchy. However, organ withdrawals. The multi -organ removal, i.e. h. The removal of several organs is increasing in Luxembourg. Seven multi -organ withdrawals were carried out in 2024. These led to the removal of 22 organs that could be successfully transplanted via the Eurotransplant network.
55,904 people agreed with organ donation
In Luxembourg, all residents of Luxembourg have been potential organ donors since a law of November 25, 1982 – unless this is expressly rejected. According to the current status of April 24, 2025, 29,812 people actively rejected organ donation and actively approved 55,904 people of organ donation.
Almost 23,000 people in Luxembourg reject organ donation
In the event of a living organ donation, Di Bartolomeo also wanted to know who bears the cost of removing organization and donation. The ministry replies that the intervention is taken over by the health insurance company of the organ recipient.
