In March 2010 Dr. Jiefu Huang, Vice Minister of Health in China held a presentation at the conference on organ donation and transplantation in Madrid. In this presentation he published several statistics about the organ donation system and transplantations in China. He mentioned that executed prisoners are still used in high percentage as source for organs. In ~90% of the cases liver transplants stem from executed prisoners and in ~60% of the cases executed prisoners were the source for kidneys in 2008 and 2009.
In this presentation he published several statistics about the organ donation system and transplantations in China. He mentioned that executed prisoners are still used in high percentage as source for organs. In ~90% of the cases liver transplants stem from executed prisoners and in ~60% of the cases executed prisoners were the source for kidneys in 2008 and 2009.
