Donations for medicine

Cells, plasma, organs: the priceless in us

Organs from the deceased and the living are regularly transplanted in Austrian transplant centers.

(Bild: Soeren Stache)

Everyone knows that blood donors are always urgently needed in Austria. But for medical, sometimes life-saving measures, it is essential that people also donate other parts of their bodies. How to donate stem cells, blood plasma, egg and sperm cells - and maybe even earn money with it.

If many people did not donate their blood regularly, this would quickly become a problem in the country's hospitals. But if you want to help with parts of your body, you have many more options. The basic prerequisite for this is one thing above all: your own health.