CHINA will restrict organ transplants for foreigners, promising priority to sick Chinese and demanding that patients from other countries seek official approval, the government announced in Beijing yesterday.
The rules issued by the Ministry of Health warned hospitals against bringing transplant patients to China under the guise of medical tourism, and said provincial and central health departments must approve such operations for foreigners.
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