SUU, Alm.del - 2013-14 - Bilag 226: Henvendelse af 10/1-14 fra Den Kinesiske Ambassade i Danmark vedr. organdonation

Klik her for at angive tekst.The Health Committee Secretariat has received the attached documents fromthe Chinese Embassy in Denmark. The Embassy has emphasized that anyorgan donation without the permission of the donor or his family would beconsidered illegal and punished harshly by relevant laws in China. In 2007,China issued the Provisions on Human Organ Transplant. In 2009, The Minis-try of Health (MOH) of China stated that China prohibits organ transplants forforeign visitors carrying a tourist visa and those who want to conduct suchoperations must acquire official approval from provincial health departments,and provincial health departments must report to the MOH before giving ap-proval to the applications. The ministry will deal harshly with domestic medicalinstitutions involved in illegal organ transplants. In 2010, China introduced anorgan donation system with the non-governmental Red Cross Society servingas an independent third party for supervising and facilitating donation proce-dures. And in 2013, the Regulation on the Procurement and Distribution ofDonated Human Organs was publicized by the National Health and FamilyPlanning Commission. According to the regulation, donor organs must bedistributed automatically through a national system. The rule aims to preventhuman intervention and ensure fairness and transparency in human organdistribution in China.