On the 45th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Poland we talk to Professor Wojciech Rowiński, a member of the team of doctors who performed the surgery in 1966.

On Organ Transplantation Awareness Day in Poland, Professor Rowiński tells reporter Michal Kubicki that progress in this area of medicine in the country “has been enormous” and what was an extraordinary event 45 years ago has now become “a normal procedure these days”.

Last year surgeons performed 950 kidney transplants.

The problem now, however, is not the level of medical science but a shortage of organs. “This is a worldwide phenomenon and is the key factor in limiting the number of procedures,” Professor Rowiński tells Polish Radio. (pg)