In Bulgaria, Patients In Need Of Transplants Wait With Little Hope

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bulgaria is struggling with a separate, ongoing health crisis: Most patients who need an organ transplant are unable to get one. Over 1,100 people in the country are on waiting lists for an organ, while only 20 such operations were performed last year. Bulgaria's restrictive laws on living organ donations have driven some patients to travel abroad for life-saving operations.