BEIJING (Reuters) - China took a swipe on Thursday at British transplant experts who accused it of removing organs from executed prisoners to sell them, saying some British hospitals had harvested organs of dead patients in the past.
The British Transplantation Society said on Wednesday there was an accumulating body of evidence that suggested organs of executed Chinese prisoners were being removed for transplant and sold without prior consent of the prisoners or their families.
"I want to remind this organisation not to forget that a few years ago this kind of thing happened in Britain: some British hospitals harvested the organs of the dead for other purposes without notifying their families," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference.
Qin said he could not understand why the transplantation society raised the issue now.
Human rights groups have criticised the use of organs from executed prisoners in China and hospitals that have allegedly turned to organ sales and transplants to raise funds.
Last month, China said it would ban the sale of human organs and strengthen procedures for transplants by requiring written consent and limiting the number of hospitals carrying out transplant surgery.
Those commies will do anything to avoid the real issues at hand.
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