The Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation on Wednesday announced the launch of www.thedonor.net to serve as an online portal for information and a platform for coordination between kidney donors and potential recipients. Dr. Faisal Shaheen, Chairman of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, expressed his appreciation to the Ministry of Health for its support and backing of the law governing organ donation on which the idea of bartering organs works. The scheme has led to greater possibilities of a kidney patient to look for a donor outside of the family while using the kidney of his relative for someone who needs it. “We appreciate the initiative of the Saudi group who designed this website and other communication means to serve as a forum for exchange of information between kidney donors and their recipients. This will lead to better coordination and matching of donors and their beneficiaries,” he said. According to the project's guidelines, a patient needs to register name and his blood type in addition to other information in the online registration page of the site. After registration, a project staff will contact them to confirm the registration and to complete their data.
