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US expert: China's reform in organ transplantation made huge achievements

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08-22-2016 12:50 BJT

The International Congress of the Transplantation Society continues in Hong Kong, where at least 1-thousand 800 medical experts and researchers gather. Former chairman of the transplantation society, Francis Delmonico, said China has made great progress in organ transplantation and is confident that China has what it takes to become a world leader in this area.

Francis Delmonico has over 40 years of professional experience in organ transplantation. He says he has always been paying attention to China's reforms.

"I see China evolving. Emerging as an international leader, China has changed greatly in its practice. I've travelled throughout China. I visited with the donation and transplant professionals. I've worked diligently for the last decade with the leadership of China. It seeks to change it: the practices that are compliant with the WHO and the declarations of it. In my experience, China is changing. The use of organs from the executed prisoner is no longer permissible within China," Delmonico said.

Some organizations claim China is still harvesting organs from executed prisoners. And that the number of organs obtained reaches 60 to 100-thousand per year. Delmonico refuted the allegations, and said the numbers are doubtful.

"I would say that the media has to challenge those who are making such assertion to validate how they have computed that number. I'm sceptical about it, but it's not for me to answer that question. I think that you need to approach those that are estimating such transplant from 60,000 to nearly double that at 100,000. So you see, automatically the inaccuracy might be at hand from saying on the one range of 60,000 to another range of 100,000. So far apart, making me wonder how is it that they have arrived such figures," Delmonico said.

Delmonico said in theory, every organ transplant surgery should be reported and recorded. China already has a system in place and is continuously improving it.

"China wants a transparent practice of organ donation and transplantation, that it can ascend into a leadership in the international community. We can learn by China's experience in the care of the patient. So I wish to support that objective. That's what is fundamental, what drives me day by day. Committed to China is to see that practice evolve," Delmonico said.

Statistics show there have been a significant increase of organ donations in China. In 2015, there were nearly three thousand organ donation cases, exceeding the numbers in 2013 and 2014. Currently, China ranks first in Asia, and third around the world based on the annual average number of organ donations.

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