IG Living Kidney Donation e. V. honors Dr. jur. Wolfgang Heinemann as the first German living kidney donor

25.07.2012 14:50

On July 4, 2012, Dr. jur. Wolfgang Heinemann as an honorary member of the Living Kidney Donation Interest Group. V. recorded. The chairmen Ralf Zietz and Gisela Müller-Przybysz presented Dr. Heinemann received the honorary membership certificate and a bouquet of flowers as a welcome gesture in a small private ceremony. The meeting of the first German living kidney donor with the board of the first German interest group that advocates for the interests of living kidney donors was considered historic.

Born in Siegen in 1935, the doctor of law was the first German to give his brother a kidney in 1967. In the following years, Dr. Heinemann volunteers for organ donation,
He also critically examines living donation based on his own experiences.

When he gave a kidney to his brother in Leuven, Belgium, in 1967, the doctor who treated him told him that he would have to expect a shortened life expectancy of about five years. On December 17, 1986, Dr.
Heinemann with reference to his voluntary work with the organ donation interest group. V. sent a request to Prof. Pichlmayr, one of the leading German transplant doctors at the time
from Hannover. In the letter, Dr. Heinemann et al.:

In this context, I was informed that you expressed skepticism about living organ donation.

Prof. Pichlmayr's insightful answer can be found on the association's website at www.nierenlebendspende.com/meta/aktuellesboard/be read.

The Living Kidney Donation Interest Group would like to thank Dr. Heinemann through honorary membership in the club.