MAKKAH: It is no secret that generosity runs deep in Saudi society, even to the point of saving lives. And organ donation, permissible in Islam, is one of the greatest acts of charity. In 2017, there were 19,659 dialysis patients in Saudi Arabia, most aged between 26 and 60, with only 1 percent under 15 years of age, according to the Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and
1Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
2Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
3Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia JAMA. Published online May 28, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.7439