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From October 1, Organ Donation Enters 'Moj Termin': 240 Patients Are Waiting, and the Choice Is Finally in One Place

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From October 1, Organ Donation Enters 'Moj Termin': 240 Patients Are Waiting, and the Choice Is Finally in One Place

From October 1 this year, a new module will go live inside the 'Moj Termin' system, letting every adult citizen voluntarily register their consent for organ donation. Instead of tangled procedures, the choice will be within reach - part of a system people already use to book medical appointments.

The number behind this announcement says it all: around 240 patients are currently waiting for a transplant. These aren't statistical units - they are people for whom one stranger's decision, made in time, can mean the difference between waiting and living. That's why easing the path to donation isn't bureaucratic trivia, but a question with very concrete consequences.

The changes follow legal amendments that let citizens give their consent through their family doctor as well, and the initiative went through public consultation beforehand. The health minister announced he would be among the first to register as a donor - a gesture that, if enough public figures repeat it, could spark exactly what organ donation lacks most: trust and visibility.

Because the real obstacle here was never just the procedure - it was the silence around the topic. Many haven't opted in not because they object, but because the question was never put to them in a simple way. If the new module changes that - if the choice becomes easy, clear, and in one place - then October could be the start of something that was missing for years.

What remains is the hardest part, the one no software solves on its own: breaking through the fear and the lack of information around donation. The system is opening the door now. Whether citizens walk through it depends on how honestly, and how free of sensationalism, we talk about what it means to give a shot at life to someone who doesn't have that time to spare.