Nov 29

On this occasion took ahead of the Dallas Mavericks Nowitzki and Kidd. A team that after a disastrous start to the season was the flight back with five consecutive victories. The Lakers were relentless beating by 114 to 107.

Kobe Bryant was again the most brilliant of Angelinos in the good part of the whole team in general. They emphasized the good performances of Bynum with 18 points and 10 rebounds and Fisher had 19 points. Of course Pau Gasol also contributed their bit with 14 points and 7 rebounds.

As for the Mavericks was the best for Jason Terry with 29 points. Nowitzki, who once again are seen with Pau Gasol, finished the game with 19 points.

The story of the game when Gasol and Bryant were challenged during an interruption of the game, Nowitzki and Kidd to a two for two referees who did not fail to perform to laughter from the players.

For its part Calderon was an important piece in the victory for the Raptors to help the Atlanta Hawks with 11 points and 6 assists to the 93-88 final. In the team returned to Toronto with her own light shine Chris Bosh. This time he went up 30 points and 10 rebounds.

Finally Rudy Fernandez (10 points) and Sergio Rodriguez (5 points) remained in second place in the great victory of Portland to New Orleans by an overwhelming 101-86. Were overshadowed by the big guard Brandon Roy’s achieved a double-double scoring 25 points and to distribute 10 assists.

Nov 15

The Ministry of Health of China has penalized three hospitals in the country by the illegal sale of human organs and for the provision of “services” related to his illegal transplants to foreign patients.

Chinese Vice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu, revealed the news during his speech at the Fourth National Symposium of the Transplantation Asian country, but did not say which hospital or which cities which doctors are involved in these activities.

The deputy minister explained that they were punished for “services” for illegal aliens such patients.

Huang cautioned that people who commit offenses in the future will lose their professional licenses, and recalled that these penalties are the first to be conducted following the guidelines of the Asian country on transplants.

In China, surgical transplants are allowed only if the organs are taken from deceased persons, or if made between members of the same family, though the shortage of organs has led to its illegal sale is a widespread practice in the country .

Therefore, companies have come illegally, through internet or other channels, allowing patients to hospitals and document forgery Notarised family to carry out interventions.

According to figures from the Ministry of Health, about 1.5 million people in China need transplants each year but the current system there is usually only available officially about 10,000 bodies during that period.

For the moment, there are only 164 medical centers authorized to do transplants in China and all of them will undergo screening to ensure they do not engage in malpractice, said Huang, who said that due to the shortage of available organs, no increase for now the number of centers.

La Opinion, November 2008, reading news