 Two patients in Hunan Province suffering from uremia are in desperate need of renal transplants. When they unexpectedly found their kidneys matched those of donors from the other family, they requested cross-renal transplant operations between the two families. The hospital denied their requests due to regulations over human organ transplants.
Let's take a look at what media has to say.
Guangming Daily carries a commentary saying life should not be stopped by rigid rules. The request for a cross-renal transplant does not breach medical ethics; the only thing it goes against is a rigid regulation.
A commentary in the Beijing Youth Daily asks whether relaxing the law on a case-by-case basis is a reasonable proposition. As protection against illegal trade of kidney, the regulation should not be abolished cursorily. If the illegal organ trade or fraudulent organ donation began to spread, even more lives would be sacrificed without protection by law.
The Chongqing Daily printed an opinion saying that the law is not an excuse for abandoning a human life. Instead, respect for life should be the essence of law. Preventing crime should not override saving lives.
Latest report from Shanghai Morning Post quotes deputy minister of Health Huang Jeifu as saying the ministry has made cross-renal transplant between families of two patients legal. He admits the current regulation on human organ transplants still need further improvement.
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