The reason for this is that China is in the market of using their prisoners as organ donors. Prisons and hospitals are so entwined that executions are scheduled with the demand of organs. Petty thieves as well as murderers all have an equal chance of receiving the death penalty. What determines their sentence is whether a paying customer is in need of their organs. The executions are a public event with as many as 15,000 spectators packed into an arena to watch.
Surgeons wait in nearby vans ready to remove the needed organs moments after the execution.
The organs are rushed to hospitals where the recipients are already in the operating room awaiting their new organs. It is estimated that between 2,000-10,000 prisoners are executed for organ transplant purposes each year. I will now address the few questions I was asked during my presentation. I stated that in order for doctors to remove anyone s organs they must fill out the back of their license stating that they intend to be an organ donor at the time of their death. The doctors also need the consent of the person s immediate family.