China’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday plans to set up a national organ donation system. The proposal comes amid increasing international attention on illegal organ harvesting under the communist regime.
State-run media reports the system will include a database of waiting lists and organs available from a network of a 164 qualified hospitals.
A kidney specialist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Jianchao Xu says the new proposal looks good on paper, but he doubts it will work.
[Dr. Xu Jianchao, Renal Doctor, Yale University]
“There have been a lot of international discussions about China’s inadequate organ transplant system. So it’s attempting to improve. But as to whether this can be carried out, it’s hard to say. Because nothing is transparent inside China, these transplant centers are very self-focused, and often do not like to share organs with others, so they may not follow the rules.”
“There have been a lot of international discussions about China’s inadequate organ transplant system. So it’s attempting to improve. But as to whether this can be carried out, it’s hard to say. Because nothing is transparent inside China, these transplant centers are very self-focused, and often do not like to share organs with others, so they may not follow the rules.”
Culturally Chinese people have an aversion to organ donation, and the number of voluntary donors has been historically very low.
Chinese authorities have long admitted to using executed prisoners as a source of organs. Rights groups say this practice extends beyond executed prisoners, and that prisoners of conscience are being killed for their organs.
Last week, 106 US Congress members urged the State Department to reveal any information it may have on these allegations, particularly whether practitioners of the persecuted Falun Gong spiritual group are specifically targeted.
NTD senior China analyst Zhang Tianliang says this latest move by Chinese authorities is an attempt to deflect the growing attention.
[Zhang Tianliang, NTD Senior China Analyst]
“On the issue of forced organ harvesting, China’s health department, military police, army, courts, the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee are all involved. So now that they cannot hide the truth for much longer, they’re just making a few gestures. But I think regardless of how the regime responds, whoever was involved will have to be held responsible.”
“On the issue of forced organ harvesting, China’s health department, military police, army, courts, the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee are all involved. So now that they cannot hide the truth for much longer, they’re just making a few gestures. But I think regardless of how the regime responds, whoever was involved will have to be held responsible.”
According to official statistics, Chinese hospitals carry out 10,000 transplants each year, but very few come from voluntary donors. Foreign doctors concerned about transplant abuse have cited examples of patients being promised an organ on a specific date by Chinese hospitals, suggesting they have access to a pool of live organ sources that can be matched to individual patient’s blood and tissue type.
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