Reporting system to better regulate organ transplants

BEIJING - Health authorities on Tuesday required medical centers to report each case of organ transplant within 72 hours of the operation, in the latest move to regulate the procedure in the country.

Violators may have their medical licenses revoked, the Ministry of Health said in a notice.

"The new move will add more teeth to the laws on organ transplants," said Li Ning, director of the Beijing You'an Hospital, one of the 164 officially recognized organ transplant centers.