LegCo Panel on Health Services visits Big Data Centre of National Health Commission for Human Tissue, Organ Transplant and Medicine in Guangzhou (with photos)
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The delegation of the Legislative Council Panel on Health Services conducted a duty visit to the Big Data Centre of National Health Commission for Human Tissue, Organ Transplant and Medicine (Big Data Centre for Organ Transplant) in Guangzhou today (July 29) to learn about the operation of organ donation, allocation, transplant and relevant system and mechanism in the Mainland. The delegation returned to Hong Kong in the evening.
Accompanied by the Centre's Director, Professor Wang Haibo, the delegation first visited the China Organ Donation and Transplant Development Museum, which showcases the development history of organ transplantation worldwide and in the Mainland from the 1960s. The Big Data Centre for Organ Transplant, where the Museum is located, is responsible for the operation and data analysis of various national medical data systems, including the China Organ Transplant Response System (COTRS). The COTRS is highly recognised by the World Health Organization and The Transplantation Society. Since 2013, the National Health Commission has required that all cadaveric organ donated by Chinese citizens in the Mainland must be matched through the COTRS. Allocation of donated organs outside the system is strictly prohibited.
The delegation also visited the COTRS Coordination Centre and learnt that the Centre's 24-hour operation keep abreast of clinical data of organ donors and recipients nation-wide, as well as match and allocate organs according to the patients' medical urgency calculated by an advanced real time mathematical model without human intervention to ensure fairness and impartiality.
The delegation then received a briefing from representatives of the Big Data Centre for Organ Transplant on the development of human organ donation and transplantation in the Mainland and exchanged views on establishing a standing co-operation mechanism for sharing organs for transplant of Hong Kong and the Mainland.
Members who participated in the duty visit were the Chairman of the Panel, Mr Tommy Cheung, and Panel members Mr Shiu Ka-fai, Dr David Lam, Dr Dennis Lam, Ms Chan Hoi-yan and Professor Chan Wing-kwong; as well as non-Panel members Mr Dennis Leung and Professor William Wong. In addition, at the invitation of the Panel, the Government and the Hospital Authority also sent representatives to participate in the visit.
Ends/Saturday, July 29, 2023
Issued at HKT 21:30
Issued at HKT 21:30
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