China to end use of prisoners' organs for transplants in mid-2014

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China to end use of prisoners' organs for transplants in mid-2014

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-end-prisoners-organs-transplants-mid-2014-085837820.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JgUlzEKSt3TZjw1got_ADw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-02T085837Z_2_CBRE9A01N7000_RTROPTP_2_CHINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Inmates listen to a speech at Taiyuan No.1 prison in Taiyuan" align="left" title="Inmates listen to a speech at Taiyuan No.1 prison in Taiyuan" border="0" /></a>By Li Hui and Ben Blanchard HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - China, the only country that still systematically takes organs from executed prisoners for use in transplant operations, plans to end the controversial practice by the middle of next year, a senior official said on Saturday. By mid-2014, all hospitals licensed for organ transplants will be required to stop using organs from executed prisoners and only use those voluntarily donated and allocated through a fledging national system, said Huang Jiefu, a former deputy health minister who heads the organ transplant reform. The supply of human organs falls far short of demand in China due in part to a traditional belief that bodies should be buried or cremated intact.</p><br clear="all"/>

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