A GROUP of Stellenbosch University (SU) medical students are harnessing the power of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to raise much-needed awareness around organ donation in South Africa.
The initiative is being driven by Save7, a non-profit organisation founded by students that aims to share the message that every South African has the potential to save seven lives by donating their kidneys, heart, and
lungs after they die.
Third-year medical student Jonty Wright, 20, founded Save7 after meeting patients in hospital who were desperately awaiting organs.
“There was nothing more doctors could do for them, and they were literally waiting to die. Something felt deeply wrong with that, and I knew we had to do something,” said Wright.
He turned to technology.
First, he built a website to raise awareness…
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