(
Xinhua) 20:01, April 02, 2014
Email|
Print|
Comments twitter facebook Sina Microblog reddit China on Wednesday officially launched a website that provides information on organdonation and allows people to register as donors.
The website, operated by the China Organ Donation Administrative Center, will be linkedto local administrative offices and Red Cross societies.
In order to cope with organ shortages, the State Council issued a regulation on organtransplantation in 2007 and a pilot program was set up in 2010. A total of 1,611 peoplehave successfully donated their organs for treatment of 4,382 patients since then.
"Although China has made progress in recent years, the country still faces a criticalshortage of organs," said Zhao Baige, executive vice president of the Red Cross Society ofChina.
According to Zhao, China has 300,000 patients in need of organ transplantation each yearwhile only about 10,000 people can receive such operations. However, the supply anddemand ratio is one to three in developed countries such as the United States.
Zhao said that China is making efforts to improve policies and increase financial support inorder to legalize and standardize organ donation.
（Editor：GaoYinan、Yao Chun）
Related reading
Organ donor registry aims to save livesChina launches organ donation websiteHong Kong records over 137,000 organ donation registersWuhan may process organ donation registratioin onlineStory of hope: A beat goes onDonors of organs easing transplant shortagesChina cautions hospitals against inferior implantsDonor's family wants school to pay upRegulation to improve public organ donationsNew system adopted for fairer access to organsWe RecommendWonderful moment of China's airborne forcesBai Baihe shoots for fashion magazineRed terraced fields in Dongchuan of YunnanJiaju Tibetan VillageSpring datingConfucius institute at UC DavisLittle painted faces at temple fairTop 10 safest airlines in the worldForeign students at China-Myanmar borderName:
本站仅提供存储服务，所有内容均由用户发布，如发现有害或侵权内容，请
点击举报。
