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•Six people, including four medical professionals, given prison sentences of up to 28 months for role in illegal transplants
•Families in Anhui province were tricked into signing fake consent forms
Six people, including four doctors, have been jailed for harvesting organs from patients in southeast China.
Three
of the doctors were designated organ procurement officers at their
respective hospitals, according to news portal Thepaper.cn.
of the doctors were designated organ procurement officers at their
respective hospitals, according to news portal Thepaper.cn.
The
Intermediate People’s Court in Bengpu, a city in Anhui province, found
the gang guilty of harvesting organs from 11 patients between 2017 and
2018, jailing them for between 10 and 28 months, the report said.
Intermediate People’s Court in Bengpu, a city in Anhui province, found
the gang guilty of harvesting organs from 11 patients between 2017 and
2018, jailing them for between 10 and 28 months, the report said.
While
the sentences were handed down in July, and an appeal rejected the
following month, details of the case were only revealed recently by Shi
Xianglin, son of one of the victims.
the sentences were handed down in July, and an appeal rejected the
following month, details of the case were only revealed recently by Shi
Xianglin, son of one of the victims.
According
to court documents provided by Shi, Yang Suxun, former head of the
intensive care unit at Huaiyuan County People’s Hospital, identified
targets, mostly car crash victims or patients with severe brain damage.
to court documents provided by Shi, Yang Suxun, former head of the
intensive care unit at Huaiyuan County People’s Hospital, identified
targets, mostly car crash victims or patients with severe brain damage.
Yang
then approached the patients’ families and persuaded them to agree to
donate organs and then sent the lab test results to his accomplices in
Nanjing.
then approached the patients’ families and persuaded them to agree to
donate organs and then sent the lab test results to his accomplices in
Nanjing.
Once
a suitable candidate had been identified, the doctors then travelled
from Nanjing to Huaiyuan county to get the families to sign what they
believed were legitimate consent forms.
a suitable candidate had been identified, the doctors then travelled
from Nanjing to Huaiyuan county to get the families to sign what they
believed were legitimate consent forms.
The
dead patients were then hastily operated on in a delivery van disguised
as an ambulance and without the presence of staff from the Red Cross
Society of China (RCSC) or the patients’ relatives as required under the
law.
dead patients were then hastily operated on in a delivery van disguised
as an ambulance and without the presence of staff from the Red Cross
Society of China (RCSC) or the patients’ relatives as required under the
law.
According
to the World Health Organization, the RCSC has been commissioned by
China’s Ministry of Health to run the organ donation system. It also
acts as a watchdog to ensure everything is done according to the law.
to the World Health Organization, the RCSC has been commissioned by
China’s Ministry of Health to run the organ donation system. It also
acts as a watchdog to ensure everything is done according to the law.
Citing
court documents, thepaper.cn said that Huang Xinli, a former organ
procurement chief at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, performed 10 of the 11
organ harvesting operations. Another doctor Lu Sen, also an organ
procurement officer at Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital, was
responsible for the remaining one.
court documents, thepaper.cn said that Huang Xinli, a former organ
procurement chief at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, performed 10 of the 11
organ harvesting operations. Another doctor Lu Sen, also an organ
procurement officer at Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital, was
responsible for the remaining one.
Huang
was assisted by Wang Hailiang, a doctor who worked at Jiangsu
Provincial People Hospital and Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital during 2015
to 2018 where he had served as an organ procurement liaison officer.
was assisted by Wang Hailiang, a doctor who worked at Jiangsu
Provincial People Hospital and Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital during 2015
to 2018 where he had served as an organ procurement liaison officer.
Two accomplices – Huang Chaoyang, who helped deliver the organs, and driver Ou Yang – were also jailed for the same crime.
The
six were found guilty of “insulting a body” – a charge that can carry
up to three years in jail. The doctors were also found to have bypassed
the official authorisation system and falsified medical records.
six were found guilty of “insulting a body” – a charge that can carry
up to three years in jail. The doctors were also found to have bypassed
the official authorisation system and falsified medical records.
The
ring was broken up by police in April 2018 after Shi, who was left in a
coma alongside his mother Li Ping after a car accident, filed a
complaint.
ring was broken up by police in April 2018 after Shi, who was left in a
coma alongside his mother Li Ping after a car accident, filed a
complaint.
According
to the report, Shi’s father and sister were tricked into signing a fake
consent form, while another relative was given 200,000 yuan as a
“subsidy” for the donation.
to the report, Shi’s father and sister were tricked into signing a fake
consent form, while another relative was given 200,000 yuan as a
“subsidy” for the donation.
China has struggled to establish a voluntary organ donation programme that meets its transplant needs.
In
2005, former health minister Huang Jiefu publicly acknowledged that
China had harvested executed prisoners’ organs for transplant. A paper
he co-authored six years later reported that as many as 90 per cent of
Chinese transplants had used organs from prisoners.
2005, former health minister Huang Jiefu publicly acknowledged that
China had harvested executed prisoners’ organs for transplant. A paper
he co-authored six years later reported that as many as 90 per cent of
Chinese transplants had used organs from prisoners.
International
human rights activists and domestic critics have exposed other cases of
organ harvesting, but Beijing has consistently denied the accusations
stressing that the voluntary organ donation system has worked well.
human rights activists and domestic critics have exposed other cases of
organ harvesting, but Beijing has consistently denied the accusations
stressing that the voluntary organ donation system has worked well.
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