Kuwait's Largest Organ Donor Population Is Indian

Al-Rai newspaper reported that Dr. Youssef Behbehani, a senior specialist in internal medicine, nephrology, and blood pressure, is the largest organ donor in Kuwait. In the presence of Kuwait University's Acting Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Dr. Maha Al-Sijari, he spoke during a symposium at the College of Social Sciences at Kuwait University.

Dr. Youssef Behbehani said that Indians are the most common nationality to donate organs after death in Kuwait, followed by Filipinos, and then Bangladeshis.

Donors of organs are separated into two categories: living donors, who can donate specific organs, and deceased donors, whose organs may be healthy and may be able to save up to eight lives.

In 1979, Kuwait was the first country in the Gulf region to conduct a kidney transplant.

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