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Children Health Russia Interview Law

“No donor guidelines, no hearts for sick children”

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Published 13 May, 2009, 23:07

Instructions are needed in Russia on how to lawfully diagnose brain death in an organ donor, how to get consent from parents, remove a heart from a dead child, Dr. Kaabak of the National Research Centre for Surgery said.

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