BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The case of Zhang Shuxia, an obstetrician in Fuping, Shaanxi, who has received much attention from the society, who abducted and sold babies, will be publicly heard at the Weinan Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province at 9:00 this morning. The suspect Zhang Shuxia is the deputy director of obstetrics and gynecology of Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Shaanxi Province. He is suspected of repeatedly suggesting that the family give up the newborn and then sell the baby on the grounds that the newborn suffers from infectious diseases and congenital malformations. It is reported that the trial of the case will be broadcast live on microblog.

Doctors involved in the case repeatedly said that the baby suffered from congenital disease

On July 16, 2013, when Dong (23 years old), a villager in Xuezhen Village, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, gave birth in Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Zhang Shuxia, deputy director of obstetrics and gynecology of Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, informed Dong and his family that "the newborn baby has congenital infectious disease and congenital disability". Therefore, the father of the newborn baby said he would give up voluntarily and entrust the doctor Zhang Shuxia to dispose of the newborn baby. Later, the family members of the baby questioned that the baby was abducted and reported the case to the Chengguan Police Station of Fuping County Public Security Bureau.

After preliminary investigation, this case is a case of an inter provincial baby trafficking gang. On the evening of July 16, after Dong gave birth, Zhang Shuxia lured his family to give up the treatment of the baby and hand it over to him on the grounds that the baby had a congenital disease. During this process, Zhang Shuxia contacted Pan, a criminal suspect in Shanxi. At 3:00 a.m. on the 17th, Pan and Cui drove from Shanxi to Fuping, bought the baby from Zhang Shuxia's home for 21600 yuan, and then sold the baby to other criminal suspects for 30000 yuan.

After the incident, there were many pregnant women and their families who had given birth in Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital reported the case to the Fuping police. They suspected that their children born in Fuping Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital had been treated by medical personnel in the same way.

Quartz, vice president of Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, believes that Zhang Shuxia's statement that "newborn babies have congenital infectious diseases and congenital disabilities" captures the psychological characteristics of rural people, because these statements will make families feel that having disabled children makes villagers laugh, while the statement that "spending hundreds of thousands of dollars" takes advantage of the reality that rural people are "afraid of spending money" and "can't afford to spend money", They are under strong psychological pressure to make a decision to give up.

Six responsible persons including the deputy county head of Fuping, Shaanxi were removed from their posts

On August 8, Lou Qinjian, Governor of Shaanxi Province, presided over a special meeting to study and deploy the handling of the case of trafficking in newborns in Fuping County. He stressed that we should crack down on criminals according to law, rescue abducted and trafficked children at all costs, and explain to the masses and society.

Lou Qinjian pointed out that the case of trafficking in newborn babies in Fuping County is a vicious event with extremely serious circumstances, extremely bad nature, extremely bad social impact, and a serious threat to the lives of the people. We must be highly responsible to the people and do a solid job in related work.

On August 9, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province announced the organization and handling of relevant responsible persons. Six people, including Li Leiping, the deputy head of the county, Ji Xinmin, the director of the Health Bureau, Bian Cimei, the deputy director in charge, Wang Li, the president of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Yao Junmin, the deputy president in charge, and Song Fanling, the chairman of the labor union in charge of nursing work, were removed from their posts, Strictly investigate the corresponding responsibilities of relevant personnel in accordance with laws, regulations and disciplines.

According to the local police, as of August 9, the public security organ had received 55 reports from the masses, including 26 involving the suspect Zhang Shuxia (10 confirmed not to be criminal cases after preliminary verification), 5 cases were filed and verified, and others are under verification. Among them, three newborns in the "July 20" case and a pair of twins who were previously trafficked have been rescued. Zhang Shuxia and other nine suspects were detained by the police.

Health and Family Planning Commission: Doctors who sell babies, lose their virtue and abuse the law should be severely punished

On August 6, the General Office of the National Health and Family Planning Commission reported the vicious incident. The Health and Family Planning Commission said that health and family planning administrative departments at all levels and various medical institutions at all levels must attach great importance to it, take a warning from it, and carry out comprehensive clean-up and rectification.

At the regular press conference three days later, Deng Haihua, the spokesman of the Health and Family Planning Commission, said that the leadership of the National Health and Family Planning Commission attached great importance to the case of infant trafficking in Fuping, Shaanxi Province, and believed that this behavior was immoral and perverted the law, and that it was unreasonable. It should be resolutely punished according to law, and it was necessary to further tighten the management of medical services, prevent such incidents from happening in the system, and strengthen the construction of medical ethics and medical ethics.

Zhuang Yiqiang, Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Hospital Association, said in an interview with the media that in addition to the loss of personal morality of the doctors involved, this incident also exposed the huge loopholes in hospital management. Hospital management can often prevent "foreign thieves" from stealing babies, while for the obstetric director, this "internal ghost", it is impossible to prevent. At the same time, parents agree to give up because of the illness of the newborn, which also reflects the inadequacy of social security. (End)