Human organ donations in severe shortage

时间：2006-11-16 00:52:54

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Nov.15 - China is suffering a serious shortage of human organ donations, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

 

"There are about 1.5 million people in China who need transplants each year, but only around 10,000 operations can be carried out due to shortages," Huang Jiefu, Vice1 Minister of Health, told a conference on the management of organ transplants held in Guangzhou.

 

China, like other countries, is faced with a huge gap between patients who need organ transplants and limited organ donations, Huang said.

 

The main cause of the shortage is that many Chinese are not willing to donate their organs after death because of traditional rituals and beliefs, he said.

 

There is also no clear guidance for the public on what to do if they wish to donate organs, which often results in those willing to donate unable to do so.

 

The absence of laws concerning organ transplants and irregular organ transplant practices in some medical institutions have blocked the promotion2 of organ transplants in China, Huang noted3.

 

China performs the second most organ transplant operations in the world every year and its technology is improving, with a longer survival rate for patients who have had the operations, Huang said.

 

The Ministry4 of Health banned the sale of human organs on July 1. The ministry has finished drafting China's human organ transplant regulation and the draft is undergoing revision and will soon be promulgated5.

 

Huang called for an information network that registers and keeps track of every human organ donation. He also said the promotion of organ donation among the public would increase the number of donors6.

 

Huang noted that advertisements aimed at attracting foreign patients disguised as tourists to receive transplant operations in China were strictly7 banned.

 
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1 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 promotion eRLxn     
n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
参考例句：
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。
3 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
4 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 promulgated a4e9ce715ee72e022795b8072a6e618f     
v.宣扬（某事物）( promulgate的过去式和过去分词 )；传播；公布；颁布（法令、新法律等）
参考例句：
  • Hence China has promulgated more than 30 relevant laws, statutes and regulations. 中国为此颁布的法律、法规和规章多达３０余项。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code. 航运业对自律守则进行了宣传。 来自辞典例句
6 donors 89b49c2bd44d6d6906d17dca7315044b     
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地
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  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

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