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Swiss vote on 'automatic' organ donations

At the end of 2021, more than 1,400 patients were awaiting transplant organs in Switzerland, a country of around 8.6 million people.  

Today, transplants are only possible if the deceased person consented while alive. /AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Switzerland votes Sunday on an initiative to boost the availability of transplant organs by making everyone a potential donor after death unless they have expressly objected.

The legal change, which polls

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