NP China traffic in human organs

[Doug Millison]

Some time ago, when this topic surfaced on the P-list (I probably brought
it up), some prominent voices pooh-poohed it as incredible.  I may have
mentioned at the time that the story sounded credible to me because, in the
mid-80s, I worked at a medical university in Xian, PRC, in a building where
medical students used the bodies of executed prisoners for study and
experiments.  Here it is, investigated and confirmed by the trusted NY
Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/international/asia/18ORGA.html

On Death Row, China's Source of Transplants
By CRAIG S. SMITH

"[...] The Chinese government denies involuntary harvesting organs. But
credible and detailed accounts from Mr. Huang and others interviewed
sketched the outlines of a vast system in which kidneys, livers, lungs,
corneas and other organs are stripped from executed prisoners and then
transplanted into wealthy patients in operations that bring Chinese
hospitals tens of millions of dollars a year. [...]"


[Please note, I have not included the entire article.  I encourage you to
read the entire article at the above url.  If you believe this article to
be the result of biased reporting or faulty investigation, I encourage you
to seek out other sources of information on this subject. If you disagree
with this article, feel free to contact the author directly. ]



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