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Famous surgeon, former lawmaker dies

By Li Yao | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-04 07:43

Famous surgeon, former lawmaker dies

BEIJING - Wu Jieping, a founder of China's urinary surgery science and former leader of the non-Communist party Jiu San Society, died on Wednesday night at the age of 94.

Widely recognized as a defining figure in the Chinese medical profession, Wu made remarkable contributions to medical science in general and the practice of urinary surgery in particular.

Wu is responsible for a variety of surgical innovations, including the use of a special urethral catheter in prostate surgery. The device came to be known as the Wu Catheter. His medical team also performed the first kidney transplant in China in 1960.

Famous surgeon, former lawmaker dies

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