Patients whose lives were saved by organ transplantation remembered their deceased donors with a torchlight procession on Saturday.

Every year in October, on the Memorial Day of the Unknown Donors, organ transplant recipients remember the people to whom they owe their lives. The Csongrád County Organ Transplant Association has been joining this initiative for years, inviting its members to take a joint torchlight walk.

On Saturday, heart, lung, liver, kidney and bone marrow transplant recipients from our county marched from Szent István tér through Széchenyi és Klauzál tér to Dóm tér, where they bowed their heads to those whose death gave them a chance for a new life. More and more people are waiting for an organ in our Vármegyy too

Kata Kovács, the head of the association, told Délmagyar He added: since Hungary joined Eurotransplant, this time has been significantly shortened. Today, almost everyone can be operated on within a year and a half. For example, he has received four kidneys so far, but this one has already failed, so he is on dialysis.

– There are those whose organizations operate the new organ for decades, I am not so lucky

he said with a smile.

According to liver transplant recipient László Nóvé, this event is important because it draws attention to the importance of transplantation. - Many people are not aware that the organs of those who do not protest during their lifetime can be used for transplantation without consent. And this can save the lives of many sick people, he emphasized.

We can now receive organs from eight countries, which means that it is almost impossible to find out who the donor was based on the news. Anyway, this is confidential information. All I know is that I got a 37-year-old heart

- said Gábor Kancsó.

So his heart is younger than his body. As he said, he takes good care of her. To the question whether it is not a bad feeling to be kept alive by another person's organ, he answered with a firm no. He is happy to be alive and with his loved ones.

The county association of organ transplant recipients is, by the way, a cohesive society. They meet regularly and play sports together. Their family members also accompanied them on their joint walk on Saturday evening, thus supporting their goal: respectful remembrance and attention-grabbing.

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