Matnat Chaim cofounders Yeshayahu Heber, left, and Rachel Heber in this undated photo. (Courtesy)
In 2018, the BioMed Central (BMC) Nephrology Medical Journal called Matnat Chaim “a major force for arranging living donor kidney transplantation, mainly by facilitating altruistic living unrelated donor transplantation.”
Among other services, Matnat Chaim provides a framework prior to and after donations, helping with paperwork, running a buddy system with past donors, advising with regard to government rights, and breaking down medical terminology for patients throughout the transplant process.
In 2017, police launched an investigation into Heber on suspicion of organ trafficking but closed the case without charge a year later.