Only people age 15 or older should be allowed to donate their organs for transplants after their death, the Health and Welfare Ministry proposed Aug. 18, according to ministry officials.
The ministry proposal is contained in draft guidelines detailing procedures for organ transplants the ministry presented to an expert committee of the Council on Public Health, the officials said.
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