A scandal at a infirmary in Shanghai-La: A newborn illegally given up for adoption just after childbirth

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5 November 2025. The Commission for wellness Protection of Diqing Prefecture in Yunnan state imposed on Shanghai-La Minsheng infirmary (Civil infirmary in Shanghai-La) a punishment in the form of a reprimand and a fine of 10,000 yuan. This decision was made in connection with the case of the patient being admitted to childbirth and the illegal transportation of the newborn for adoption.

Earlier on 27 August 2025, on the basis of the information reported, 2 wellness Protection Commission inspectors carried out an inspection at the hospital, in the presence of the Vice-President of the facility, Mr Li. It was established that on 16 August 2025, at 19 p.m., a patient named Yu, most likely a minor, had reported to the infirmary for abortion. Due to the current regulations, the attending physician, Dr. Wang, refused to execute an abortion and the patient was admitted for observation. due to the fact that according to the doctor's orders, Yu was 9 months pregnant.

The next day, August 17, under the care of Dr. Wang and his assistant Hu, the patient gave birth to a healthy girl. due to the fact that the baby's parent did not want to halt him, anesthesiologist Yong – claiming that he had relatives who wanted to adopt the baby – after the umbilical cord was severed and the newborn was taken distant from the hospital. The patient left the facility on 18 August afternoon, and the infirmary did not charge her any fees related to her stay and childbirth.

During Yu's stay at the facility, her data was not verified, and medical records were limited to only 1 birth card and 1 birth certificate. Neither an ambulance card was created, nor a past of infirmary care.

The Diqing Prefecture wellness Protection Commission stated that Shanghai-La Minsheng Hospital:

  • has not drawn up medical records in accordance with applicable regulations,
  • did not apply procedures to guarantee the quality of treatment, in peculiar the first-visit work principle, and the procedures for identity verification and treatment,
  • has not complied with the notification work in accordance with Rules on the introduction of an work to study infringements of the rights of minors (in peculiar Articles 2 and 7) which order organisations and workers in direct contact with minors to immediately notify law enforcement authorities of any possible or actual violation of the rights of the child,
  • has not registered and retained medical records relating to a insignificant in the prescribed manner.

As a consequence of these deficiencies, on 5 November 2025 the wellness Protection Commission of the Diqing Prefecture ruled an administrative punishment of 10 000 yuan and a fine of 10 000 yuan.

The control of all private hospitals in the prefecture and state has besides begun.


Additional information:

Shanghai-La Minsheng infirmary Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is authorised to operate in the fields of: interior medicine, pediatrics, ambulatory surgery, gynaecology, dentistry (ambulatory), healthcare prevention, emergency medicine and imaging diagnostics (radiology). In 2023, the infirmary was awarded the title “Civil Unit” by the CPC Committee and the Government of Diqing Province.

In May 2020, the lawyer General of China and eighteen another institutions published the aforementioned Rules on the introduction of an work to study infringements of the rights of minors, which lists, inter alia, pregnancy or abortion of a insignificant under the age of 14 – or pregnancy resulting from sexual force in girls over the age of 14 – as situations subject to immediate notification. This work was encoded in the amendment in 2021 Rights of protection of minors.

Source: https://news.qq.com

Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China

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