Forty-five people sign documents saying they are willing to donate their organs after death, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in May. LIN YUNLONG/FOR CHINA DAILY Fairness is central goal as humans are barred from distribution decisions All donated organs for transplantation must be distributed through a unified computer platform to ensure fair and transparent distribution and traceability, under a regulation released on Monday by the National Health Commission. The regulation, which takes effect on March 1, bans any organization or individual from distributing donated organs on their own. Hospitals where transplant surgeries are performed should enter the information of all patients waiting for transplants into the China Organ Transplant Response System and keep it updated, the regulation said. Organ procurement organizations should get in touch with hospitals promptly after the system has sent notifications of available organs to make sure the information was received. Hospitals that have received notices should log on to the system within 30 minutes to check information regarding the organs and their donors, and reply within an hour whether to accept the organs for transplant. The hospitals should notify the procurement organizations immediately if they cannot do the transplant surgery after having received the organs. In that case, the organs will be redistributed. The transplant response system, supervised by health authorities at the provincial level or above, can automatically match donated organs with potential recipients and distribute organs based on defined principles, including urgency. Human input is removed to ensure fairness and transparency, Wang Haibo, who is in charge of the system, said in an earlier statement. Like many other countries, China's shortage of donated organs is a severe problem in the organ transplantation field. Every year about 300,000 patients with terminal diseases need transplants, but only about 20,000 surgeries can be done, Huang Jiefu, former vice-minister of health, said in an earlier interview. Organ donations in China have increased rapidly since 2015, when the authorities banned the use of organs retrieved from executed prisoners. That made voluntary donations the only legitimate source of organs. China has now become the second-largest country in number of annual organ transplant surgeries, next to the United States, according to the National Health Commission. As of the end of last year, the number of people who donated organs after death exceeded 21,000 in China, with more than 58,000 organs donated, the commission said. Chen Xinguo, director of the organ transplant center at the Armed Police Force General Hospital, said that in practice all organs used for transplant surgeries at the hospital are acquired through the electronic transplant response system. Although the system ensures fair and transparent distribution of donated organs, some problems remain, such as uneven quality of organs procured from different geographical areas, and the system's slow response time, which can hamper the process, he said. Previously major transplant centers would communicate with organ procurement organizations before the arrival of organs to ensure the organs are of high quality and can be used, he said. We hope all organs distributed are up to standard. Otherwise, substandard organs will cost lives and no doctor will use them. Now that distribution of organs through the China organ transplant response system is mandatory, it is necessary to constantly improve the system so it responds faster and hospitals can get the donated organs as soon as possible to prevent waste, Chen said. fuck cancer braceletfigured wristbandcolored rubber bands for braceletsevent wristbands24 hour silicone wristbandsmiscarriage awareness silicone braceletsathletic silicone wristbandspaw print silicone braceletscamo silicone wristbands
People walk on ice in frozen sea waters off Dalian in Liaoning province on Saturday.Lyu Wenzheng / For China Daily The North China Sea Marine Forecasting Center of the State Oceanic Administration has issued blue alerts for sea ice in Liaodong Bay three times since Friday, warning of potential threats to offshore oil drilling, waterway safety and fishery industries. The latest satellite images showed ice in the bay reached 17,088 square kilometers on Sunday, accounting for 56 percent of the bay's total area, with ice in some parts up to 40 centimeters thick. Located in the Bohai Sea, Liaodong Bay has some of China's lowest coastal seawater temperatures and the heaviest sea ice coverage. The center predicted the growth of ice in the bay will slow over the next three days with warming temperatures. With interior portions of China experiencing heavy snowfalls, the past week saw the coldest temperature in Hulunbuir League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with an extreme low of -50 C on Jan 25. Yuan Benkun, a researcher at the center, said: The continued cold temperature is responsible for the sea ice expanding. This means the melting process will take more time. The 13.5-sq-km Juehua Island is the largest island in Liaodong Bay, and is home to 3,000 residents. Waterborne traffic to Juehua Island typically does not begin until late March, according to Zhang Guihui from the local marine traffic office. A local marine forecasting and disaster center urged relevant departments to strengthen ice-breaking efforts and provide basic necessities to island residents while ensuring the safety of shipping and marine operations. The sea ice alerts are classified into four levels: red, orange, yellow and blue. The blue alert in Liaodong Bay means ice thickness is reaching 30 cm and the sea ice's outer margin has expanded to 130 km from shore. Zhu Lin contributed to this story. [email protected]
