Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne announced that the government is currently working to publish a white paper on organ donation.  Chris Fearne said that, "this white paper will lead to the first organ donation law in Malta and it will be published in the coming months". The Parliamentary Secretary was speaking during an occasion whereby Renal Unit at Mater Dei Hospital has been presented with donations by NGOs- Lupus Support Group and Life Cycle Organisation.

During his address, Mr Fearne highlighted that this year 18 kidney transplants  have been successfully conducted (15 kidney transplants from cadaver donors and 3 from living donors).

The Parliamentary Secretary  congratulated the staff for their  dedication and efforts and remarked that the renal unit currently takes care of 250 patients from which 165 are on haemodialysis and 85 on peritoneal dialysis. 65 patients  visits this unit daily. In fact so far this year over 17,000 sessions of renal replacement therapy have been done.

Mr Fearne called on the general public to help the renal unit by donating blood and registering as organ donors. Currently, there are 80-85 patients waiting for a kidney. He concluded that the Renal Unit requires 2-3 units of blood daily.