Hope for China's executed prisoners as Organ donor might end in 2015

In 2009, China Daily reports that 65% of organs donated are from death row inmates. Finally it seems there is hope for China's executed prisoners as organ donors will likely end in 2015, except willingly or to family members.

China daily reported that human organ transplants will rely on voluntary public donations from January 1 2015, living organ donations by relatives will still be allowed,

Harvesting organs from executed prisoners for transplants is controversial, despite written consent being required from donors and their relatives, the Chinese government has always been resolute in making efforts to end such practice because donations by the public should be the only source of organs for transplants

The public has been able to donate organs after death to help save others lives under a nation-wide system launched in 2010 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the RedCross Society of China.

With good access and fair and open practice, Chinese are always willing and ready to donate to help others in need.

To ensure fair allocation, all donated organs are distributed under a computerized system.
The most severely ill get donations under the system, regardless of their social status and wealth, judicial departments are not entitled to decide where the organ donations go.

Before the distribution system was introduced, organs for transplants were allocated by hospitals, with most of them harvested from executed prisoners.

We could not simply reject organ donations by inmates, but the practice had to be well regulated to safe-guard fairness.

Under the current system, specialized organ procurement organizations have been set nationwide to ensure standard practice and quality in organ donations.
Source: China daily.