Hospital: The No. 924 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force
Address: No. 1, Xinqiaoyuan Road, Xiangshan District, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
The No. 924 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Joint Logistics Support Force claims its technology to be at an advanced level in the entire military. The total number of kidney transplants has exceeded 2,200. In a telephone investigation by WOIPFG, the director of the hospital's transplant center admitted to using organs from Falun Gong practitioners, saying that " We supply [organs to] entire China”. In view of the background of the CCP’s national crime of live organ harvesting, the hospital is clearly suspected of participating in the crime of organ harvesting from groups such as Falun Gong practitioners.
I. Hospital Overview
Founded in 1946, the hospital now is a large-scaled, comprehensive "third level first class" hospital. The hospital covers an area of more than 90,000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 120,000 square meters and more than 1,000 beds[1]。[2]
II. Overview of the Kidney Transplant Center
1. The "PLA Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center" is at the advanced level of the entire army.
On May 23, 2007, PLA No. 181 hospital (formal name of the same hospital) was authorized by Ministry of Health to conduct kidney transplantation.[3] It serves as a PLA kidney transplant and dialysis treatment center, and the Guangzhou Military Region Organ Transplant Center. It is the member unit of the Guangzhou Military Region Organ Transplant Committee.
The PLA Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center was built up on the Nephrology Department of the hospital, and simultaneously serves as Kidney Disease Research Institute and Organ Transplantation Center of Guangzhou Military Region. The center was a commissioner institute of the Guangzhou Military Region's Organ Transplant Academic Board and Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences’ Organ Transplantation Branch. The center included organ transplantation, kidney disease, blood purification and basic experiment divisions. It was at advanced technical level among PLA hospitals, and a leading level in Guangzhou Military Region and in Guangxi Province.[4]
2. The number of beds at kidney transplant
PLA Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center of this hospital had 150 beds.[5]
3. Plenty of transplant surgeons
PLA Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center had 17 physicians and 12 technicians in total. Among them, there were 2 doctorate supervisors, 4 master’s supervisors, 5 chief physicians, 3 associate chief physicians, 4 attending physicians and 9 resident doctors.[6] They are capable of forming multiple kidney transplantation teams.
4. High volume of transplant
According to publicly available data on the internet, the total number of kidney transplants by the hospital's transplant team has exceeded 2,200, heart transplants at least 70, and liver transplants at least 200. [7]
III. The “year 2000” time point was mentioned twice in the Chinese online information describing the hospital.
"In 2000, we conducted the first combined pancreas and kidney transplantation surgery in Guangdong and Guangxi. In 2001, we took the lead in Guangxi in conducting kidney transplantation between relatives, and in 2002 we started earlier to conduct hand-assisted laparoscopic kidney transplantation between relatives in China."
"Since 2000, the ward has treated nearly 1,000 patients per year, and the annual volume of kidney transplants has reached more than 150 cases."[12]
IV. Data from paper published in medical journal
From Oct 2006 to Dec 2012, the hospital conducted 29 orthotopic heart extractions and transplants. Male “donors” were brain-dead, ages 20 to 39, average 24.9±6.2 years old. Warm ischemia time was 5 to 8 minutes. [8]
V. Telephone investigation reveals donor source unknown
WOIPFG telephone investigation revealed that the hospital had a large number of surgeries, which claiming "many donated organ donors". However, the Guangxi Guilin Red Cross Organ Donation Office denied that the source of the organs used in the hospital's surgeries was donated from the Red Cross.
1. Telephone investigation to the Hospital
Investigative Subject: Yang Ming, Director of the No. 181 Hospital of PLA (Guilin, Guangxi)
Investigation Date: January 21, 2017
Director Yang Ming: We are responsible for helping you with the donor problem, but the most important thing now is to come here first.... Don't worry too much about it.
Investigator: How can there be so many donations?
Director Yang Ming: We sure have a lot! We supply [organs to] the entire China. We do quite a lot!.”[9]
(Recording 96. Download: MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 96)
Investigative Subject: Director Sui Weiguo, the Organ Transplantation Center of the PLA No. 181 Hospital in Guilin, Guangxi Province [16]
Investigation Date: January 31, 2017, Phone number: 86-13907735881
We do more than 200 cases of kidney transplantation in a year, and about 30 to 40 cases of liver transplantation in a year. We have more than 100 organ donors every year. That is one or two [donors] every week. Having so many donated organs, is because we started [doing organ donations] early in the country, [we are] advanced.
(Investigative Recording 45. Download MP3, please see Addendum 45)
2. Telephone investigation to the Red Cross Society
Investigative Subject: Staff-on-Duty, Organ Donation Office at the Red Cross Society of Guilin, Guangxi Province
Investigation Date: September 12, 2016
Investigator: “So the 165 donations all took place this year?”
Staff on duty: “That’s impossible! The number is accumulated since we started organ donations here.”
Investigator: “How many donations this year?”
Staff on duty: “I cannot disclose the figure to you”[10]
(Recording 204. Download MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 204)
Investigation Subject: Staff-on-Duty, Organ Donation Office at the Red Cross Society of Guilin, Guangxi Province
Investigation Date: November 24, 2016
Investigator: “So the organs of those 30 kidney transplants performed (by the PLA No. 181 Hospital) in July were not the donations from your Red Cross?”
Staff on duty: “They were not.”[11]
(Recording 205. Download: MP3; Transcript Download pdf 205)
VI. The telephone investigation shows that the hospital admits to using the organs of Falun Gong practitioners, the donor is now taken in the hospital, and the waiting time is short.
Investigation Subject: Chen Huaizhou, Director of the Organ Transplant Center of the PLA No. 181 Hospital (Guilin, Guangxi)
Investigation Date: November 16, 2018 (Phone # 13087737632)
Investigator: “His family members hope that, they hope to use that type of Falun Gong (practitioner) donors. If this kind of donors are available, he (i.e. the patient) will definitely come over immediately.”
Director Chen Huaizhou: “Yes, yes! You come over to be hospitalized for a checkup, have an examination, get a checkup first.”
(Recording 21. Download: MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 21)
Investigation Subject: Dr. Yang Zhijian, Hepatobiliary Surgeon, No. 181 Hospital in Guilin
Investigation Date: September 1, 2016 (Phone # 134 7135 6190)
The suspension of organs from death row inmates started on April 1st of this year. About 30 kidney transplants were conducted in July, and 15 livers were sent away without being used. The organs used to be taken from the prison, but now they are taken from the hospital. The donor source is managed by the hospital. It has a set of special procedure.
(Recording 42. Download MP3， Transcript download 42)
Doctor Yang Zhijian of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department at the Chinese People’s Liberation Army No. 181 Hospital in Guilin, Guangxi Province (September 1, 2016) said: “In the past, we went to the execution grounds to excise organs… (After the use of executed prisoners’ organs became prohibited,) we do more (transplants) than before.”[12]
(Recording 90. Download: MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 90)
Investigation Subject: Director Chen Huaizhou, Organ Transplant Center, PLA No. 181 Hospital in Guilin, Guangxi Province
Investigation Date: January 18, 2017 (Phone # +86 13087737632)
(Recording 43 Download MP3， Transcript Download 43)
“You don’t have to worry about the donor. Sometimes [the organ] becomes available as soon as the patient comes. Very fast.”[13]
VII: List of Responsible Persons
JFJ924-001 Wen Mingbo, Male.
Personal Profile: Associate Chief Physician, Director of Hepatobiliary Surgery Department. A member of the Standing Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangxi Medical Association and the Standing Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangzhou Military Region.
Graduated from Xiangya Medical College of Central South University (formerly Hunan Medical University) in 1990 and engaged in the clinical and scientific research work of hepatobiliary surgery for nearly 20 years.
Specializing in liver transplantation. [14]
JFJ924-002 Chen Youjiang, Male.
Personal Profile: Chief Physician of General Surgery, Chief of Section. Currently the Vice Chairman of the Guangzhou Military Region Organ Transplantation Committee, and the Vice Chairman of Guangxi Organ Transplantation Committee. Also, a member of the hepatobiliary surgery professional committee of the PLA.
Graduated from the First Military Medical University in July 1984 and engaged in general surgery for 25 years. Further studied in the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, the General Surgery Department of Changhai Hospital, the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of the Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, and the Laparoscopy Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhongshan Medical University.
Took the lead to conduct liver transplantation with allogeneic liver transplantation. Completed more than 100 cases of liver transplants to date.[26]
JFJ924-003 Huang Gao, Male.
Personal Profile: Hepatobiliary surgeon
Graduated from the School of Medicine of South China University in 2004 and from the postgraduate class of Guangxi Medical University in 2007. Engaged in liver transplantation clinical and research work for 5 years.[27]
JFJ924-004 Pan Yuchen, male.
Personal Profile: Attending Physician, Deputy Director of the Heart Center. A member of the Organ Transplantation Committee of Guangzhou Military Region.
Graduated from Guangxi Medical University in 1996 and engaged in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery for more than 10 years. Further studied cardiovascular surgery in Children's Medical Center of Xinhua Hospital in Shanghai and the PLA Cardiovascular Surgery Treatment Center at Xinqiao Hospital of the Third Military Medical University.
Especially good at heart transplantation.[28]
JFJ924-005 Xuan Yongbo, Male.
Personal Profile: Attending Physician at Heart Center
Specializing in heart transplantation for end-stage heart disease.[29]
JFJ924-006 Sui Weiguo, Male. Date of Birth: June 1964.[30]
Personal Profile: Chief Physician, Director of Renal Division, Director of the PLA Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center, Chairman of the Organ Transplantation Academic Committee of Guangzhou Military Region, and Chairman of the Organ Transplantation Society of Guangxi Medical Association, Standing Committee Member of the PLA Organ Transplantation Society, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organ Transplant Medicine.
Graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Visiting Scholar at State University of New York.
In charge of the research project on the use of various blood purification methods to remove antibodies from kidney transplant patients with high allergenicity.[31]
JFJ924-007 Liu Zuohai, Male. Date of Birth: November 1943. A native of Liaoning Province.[32]
Personal Profile: Chief Physician of the PLA Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Center.
Graduated from the Fourth Military Medical University in 1967. Further studied in the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region, the Institute of Nephrology of Zhongshan Medical University in Guangzhou, and the Zhujiang Hospital of the First Military Medical University in Guangzhou in 1979, 1981 and 1986, respectively.
Specializing in perioperative and postoperative medical management of kidney transplantation.[15]
JFJ924-008 Yan Qiang, Male.
Personal Profile: Associate Chief Physician of the PLA Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Center. Currently a Standing Committee member of the Organ Transplantation Academic Committee of Guangzhou Military Region and Standing Committee member of the Organ Transplantation Society of Guangxi Medical Association.
Graduated from the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai in July 1991 and post graduated from the First Military Medical University in 2002, with a master’s degree major in kidney transplantation.
Conducted more than 300 kidney transplant operations independently.[34]
Specializing in kidney transplantation.
JFJ924-009 Li Li, Male.
Personal Profile: Attending ophthalmologist, Director of the Otorhinolaryngology and Adjunct Director of the Ophthalmology Center.
Conducted 100 corneal transplant surgeries from January 18, 2003 to June 30, 2007.[35]
Specializing in corneal transplantation surgery.
JFJ924-010 Li Liangmao, Male.
Personal Profile: Associate Chief Ophthalmologist, Director of Otorhinolaryngology and Adjunct Director of Ophthalmology Center.
Graduated from First Military Medical University with a master's degree and engaged in ophthalmic clinical practice for 23 years.
Conducted 120 corneal transplant surgeries from January 18, 2003 to June 30, 2010.[36]
Specializing in corneal transplantation.
[1] 《中国公众健康网》中国人民解放军181医院介绍
[1] Website, www.chealth.org.cn. Introduction to PLA No. 181 Hospital.
http://www.chealth.org.cn/mon/hospitals/article/MG143027854.html
[2]《康掌柜体检网》924医院介绍
[2] Website, zgui.com. Introduction to No. 924 Hospital.
https://www.zgui.com/guilin/zgrmjfj181/
[3] Annex 1: the list of the hospitals that have passed the examination of board of clinic application of human organs transplant technology of the Ministry of Health. (Aug. 6, 2007). the Notice of Ministry of Health on carrying out correctly the registration of clinic subjects of human organs transplantation. Website of National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Retrieved from http://www.moh.gov.cn/mohyzs/s3585/200804/18974.shtml
WOIPFG Archived Link:
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/nationalcriminalreports/400.png
[4] Overview of PLA Renal Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center, PLA No.181 Hospital.
Retrieved from http://www.gl181.com/tese.asp?id=23
WOIPFG Archived Link:
http://www.upholdjustice.org/upload/images/nationalcriminalreports/841…
[5] Overview of PLA Renal Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center, PLA No.181 Hospital.
Retrieved from http://www.gl181.com/tese.asp?id=23
WOIPFG Archived Link:
http://www.upholdjustice.org/upload/images/nationalcriminalreports/841…
[6] Overview of PLA Renal Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center, PLA No.181 Hospital.
Retrieved from http://www.gl181.com/tese.asp?id=23
WOIPFG Archived Link:
http://www.upholdjustice.org/upload/images/nationalcriminalreports/841…
[7] 《康掌柜体检网》924医院介绍
[11] Website, zgui.com. Introduction to No. 924 Hospital.
https://www.zgui.com/guilin/zgrmjfj181/
[8] 《心肺血管病杂志》2014年33卷01期 28-30,37页（英文期刊名：Journal of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases）“29例原位心脏移植近期疗效报告”作者：潘禹辰、罗爱国、朱中权、唐开维、轩永波、左艳、展宇飞(541002,广西 中国人民解放军第181医院 心脏中心)；
[13] Pan Yuchen, Luo Aiguo, Zhu Zhongquan, Tang Kaiwei, Xuan Yongbo, Zuo Yan, and Zhan Yufei, A report of 29 cases with early outcome of orthotopic heart transplantation. “Journal of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases”, 2014, Vol. 33, No. 01, pp. 28-30,37. (Center of Cardiovascular, No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Guangxi, 541002).
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http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16901.pdf
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16902.pdf
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16903.pdf
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16904.pdf
[9]WOIPFG. “A WOIPFG Investigation Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Live Organ Harvesting against Falun Dafa Practitioners.” July 19, 2017.
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389
[10]WOIPFG. “A WOIPFG Investigation Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Live Organ Harvesting against Falun Dafa Practitioners.” July 19, 2017.
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389
[11]WOIPFG. “A WOIPFG Investigation Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Live Organ Harvesting against Falun Dafa Practitioners.” July 19, 2017.
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389
[12]WOIPFG. “A WOIPFG Investigation Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Live Organ Harvesting against Falun Dafa Practitioners.” July 19, 2017.
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389
[13] WOIPFG. “A WOIPFG Investigation Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Live Organ Harvesting against Falun Dafa Practitioners.” July 19, 2017.
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389
[14] 《中国人民解放军第一八一医院》文明波简介
[25] The No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Profile of Wen Mingbo.
http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=93
[15]《中国人民解放军第一八一医院》刘作海
[33] The No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Profile of Liu Zuohai.
http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=3