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1,918 human organs donated in 27 months

Seven hundred Chinese donated 1,918 organs from the start of 2010 to March 20 this year, national newspaper Health News reported on March 22, citing the national organ donation center. With China legalizing posthumous human organ donation in 2010, the center said the 700th donator was a 15-year-old boy from East China's Shandong province, whose organs saved three lives and helped two patients recover their sight. There are currently 18,745 registered volunteer organ donators across the nation, it added. The center expected its donation information database to come into service this year, facilitating equal distribution of donated organs. Before 2010, no legal channels for such donations were available.

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