Yan Chunyin
Summary: Yan Chunyin, male, is the Director of Urology, Professor, and Chief Surgeon at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. The hospital claims to be a "National Kidney Transplant Center." The HLA Typing Laboratory states: "The HLA typing reports we issue are recognized by international and domestic transplant centers and the China Marrow Donor Program, significantly reducing the time needed to find suitable donors. The construction and management of the laboratory's technical platform have also been up to international standards, and its influence has extended to the transplantation field both domestically and abroad." A WOIPFG telephone investigation revealed that doctors admitted to using Falun Gong practitioners as donors and could even obtain donors from prisons.
In view of the broader background of the Chinese Communist Party's state crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, since the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University has been allegedly involved in the crime, Yan Chunyin, the director of the hospital's Urological Surgery Department, is a major suspect.
Yan Chunin, male
Position/Title: Director of Urological Surgery, Professor, Chief Surgeon, deputy director level member of Organ Transplant Specialty of Jiangsu Branch of Chinese Medical Association
Personal Profile: Master of Medicine, 1989; Studied at the University of Manchester, UK, Aug. 1992 to Dec. 1993; Senior Visiting Scholar in Urological Surgery Program of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, sent by the Ministry of Education in December 2003; Professor Yan Chunin emphasized on research on kidney transplant and hemodialysis, tissue matching of kidney transplant, Lymphocytotoxicity test, PRA monitoring, monitoring of monoclonal antibodies, the whole process of kidney excision, trimming and transplant, management of postoperative immunosuppression, clinical research on the prevention of rejection and immune tolerance. [1]
National kidney transplant center
The center is one of the first to receive the Ministry of Health's kidney transplant qualification and a national kidney transplant center. The Urological Surgery Program, with Hemodialysis and Kidney Transplant Center, is the key specialty of clinical medicine in Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City and has the right to grant master and doctoral degrees. It has strong technical faculty with 2 doctoral supervisors and 5 master's supervisors.[2] Hou said, “The hospital’s kidney transplant technology is at the national leading level.” [3]
The Hospital’s Tissue Typing Lab in Suzhou City claimed, “Lab’s tissue matching report can be accepted by international and domestic transplant centers and Chinese Bone Marrow Bank, and therefore it significantly reduced the time to find a suitable donor. The development and management of the lab technology platform is also up to international standards. Its influence has radiated to the transplant field at home and abroad.” [4]
Phone investigation shows the doctor acknowledged to using Falun Gong practitioners as donors and picking up organs at prisons.
Shen Zhenya, Director of Cardiovascular Surgery and Research Unit of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, said: “We also have Falun Gong’s (organs). There was one such case this year.” [5]
(Recording 1 download: MP3; transcript download: pdf)
Investigation Respondent: Doctor on duty, Transplant Service, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University[6]
Investigation Date: April 19, 2017 （Tel: +86-51267972185）
Summary:
Investigator: Can the organs from prison, which were used before, still be used?
Doctor: Yes, they can.
Investigator: Could you help the patient to find it from prison?
Doctor: This is not something we help you find it. If there is a kidney source, our hospital will get the notification… It can be used once matched. Just go to the prison to pick it up.
(Recording 2 download: MP3; for complete recording transcript, please see Attachment 26)
Investigation Respondent: Nurses' Station, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University[7]
Investigation Date: December 28, 2019 （Tel: +86-51267780128）
Summary:
Nurse: Director Wang Liangliang is responsible for the kidney transplant surgery. He'll definitely be at the operating table.
There are doctors in charge of kidney transplant at the old hospital here.
The assessment is done at the old hospital, while the kidney transplant is done at the new hospital.
Hou Jianjian is at our Inpatient Service Section. You can also make an appointment with him.
(Recording 3 download: MP3; transcript download: pdf 198)
Investigation Respondent: Kidney Transplant Program, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Investigation Date: April 26, 2020 （Tel: +86-51267972184）
Summary:
1. For the outpatient clinic, you can see either Hu Linkun, Pan Haoshi or Director Wang Liangliang. They are all director level surgeons of kidney transplant program.
2. We did 80-plus cases last year.
3. We’ve been doing it since March this year. We’ve done nearly 20 cases this year.
4. Investigator: Will he tell me everything when asked in person?
Doctor: Right, right, right.
(Recording 4 download: MP3; for complete recording transcript, please see: pdf4)
Investigation Respondent: Nurse at Kidney Transplant Ward, Soochow University-affiliated First Hospital
Investigation Date: January 16, 2022
Summary: We now have 40 to 50 patients in the ward. Question: How many transplants can be done a month? Answer: It could be anywhere between several dozens and several hundreds. They were all instances.[8]
References：
[1] Y.dxy.cn. “Introduction of Yan Chunin, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow.” http://www3.sdfyy.cn/mnwk/zjjc-ycy.htm; Archived Link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130314171007/http://www3.sdfyy.cn/mnwk/zj…
[2] Hospital website, “Urological Surgery” https://web.archive.org/web/20130315065156/http://www3.sdfyy.cn/mnwk/
WOIPFG Archived Link:
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[3] People.cn. “Tight Kidney Source Makes 300 to 500 people waiting for a Kidney.” November 12, 2012. http://js.people.com.cn/html/2012/11/12/183109.html
WOIPFG Archived Link:
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[4] Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion. “Introduction of He Jun.” http://www.cjbt.cn/pic_show.php?id=7
WOIPFG Archived Link:
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[5] WOIPFG. “Evidences on the CCP's living Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners.” March 2, 2015.
https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/node/46728
[6] WOIPFG. “WOIPFG Investigation Report on the Status of Live Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners by the CCP, Part 3.” https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/node/72524
[7] WOIPFG. “Investigation Overview on the Status of the CCP’s Live Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in 2019.” https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/node/125981
[8] 《2020至2022年追查国际 对中共活摘法轮功学员器官现状调查综述》2023年10月3日
