SCOT Data: Organ Transplantation in Saudi Arabia

By the end of year 2009, a total of 4072 living donor and 2071 deceased donor renal transplantations have been performed inside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is worth mentioning that the deceased organ transplantation program in the Kingdom received a big boost with the inception of the National Kidney Foundation in 1984 and further in 1993 when this organization was upgraded and renamed as Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT). A total of 383 kidneys have been transplanted during year 2009, of which 272 were from living related donors and 111 from deceased donors. Among the 111 deceased kidneys, 18 were used for pediatric recipients and 8 were given for the urgent condition recipients.