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Report: China Sells Inmates' Organs=20
The Associated Press
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000; 7:33 a.m. EST=20

HONG KONG -- A Chinese hospital is selling liver transplants from =
executed prisoners, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday, fueling =
allegations that China profits from its frequent use of the death =
penalty.=20

Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences No. 1 Hospital is charging =
$38,500 per transplant, the South China Morning Post said. It said more =
than 40 patients from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand =
have received transplants.=20

A doctor at the hospital in the southern city of Guangzhou was quoted as =
saying that most organs come from prisoners. The newspaper did not =
identify the doctor by name.=20

Beijing consistently denies selling organs, and says they are =
transplanted from executed prisoners only if they or their families =
consent.=20

An operator who answered the telephone Sunday at the hospital said all =
of its offices were closed.=20

About 80 percent of the transplant fee pays for drugs to prevent the =
immune system from rejecting the new organ, the Post said.=20

The report said at least five Hong Kong patients received transplants at =
the hospital, and two have since died.=20


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<P><!--plsfield:byline--><!--plsfield:credit--><FONT size=3D-1>The =
Associated=20
Press<BR></FONT><!--plsfield:disp_date--><FONT size=3D-1>Sunday, Jan. 9, =
2000;=20
7:33 a.m. EST=20
<P></FONT><!--plsfield:description-->HONG KONG &#8211;&#8211; A Chinese =
hospital is selling=20
liver transplants from executed prisoners, a Hong Kong newspaper =
reported=20
Sunday, fueling allegations that China profits from its frequent use of =
the=20
death penalty.=20
<P>Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences No. 1 Hospital is charging =
$38,500=20
per transplant, the South China Morning Post said. It said more than 40 =
patients=20
from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand have received =
transplants.=20

<P>A doctor at the hospital in the southern city of Guangzhou was quoted =
as=20
saying that most organs come from prisoners. The newspaper did not =
identify the=20
doctor by name.=20
<P>Beijing consistently denies selling organs, and says they are =
transplanted=20
from executed prisoners only if they or their families consent.=20
<P>An operator who answered the telephone Sunday at the hospital said =
all of its=20
offices were closed.=20
<P>About 80 percent of the transplant fee pays for drugs to prevent the =
immune=20
system from rejecting the new organ, the Post said.=20
<P>The report said at least five Hong Kong patients received transplants =
at the=20
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