Blacklist, life bans proposed for doctors

Doctors have called for a blacklist system for unqualified medical workers and life bans on practicing medicine on anyone who has seriously violated medical ethics.

The proposals, raised by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association - a national not-for-profit association representing the 2.1 million practicing physicians in China - come after the industry and some of its members were tarnished by recent incidences of baby trafficking and receiving bribes from foreign pharmaceutical companies.

The association made the suggestion after medical workers from a hospital in Fuping county, Shaanxi province, were reported earlier this month as deceiving parents that their newborn babies had lethal ailments, then selling them, the Beijing-headquartered association said on Sunday.