{"id":130135,"date":"2026-02-06T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/surgeons-license-revoked-after-child-dies-during-heart-surgery-at-ningbo-hospital\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:04:07","slug":"surgeons-license-revoked-after-child-dies-during-heart-surgery-at-ningbo-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/surgeons-license-revoked-after-child-dies-during-heart-surgery-at-ningbo-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon\u2019s license revoked after child dies during heart surgery at Ningbo Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING, China, Feb 6 \u2014 A surgeon at a hospital in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has had his medical license revoked following a fatal medical incident involving a young child, according to a statement released by local authorities on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The child, surnamed Xu, died on Nov 14 after undergoing a heart surgery at the Women and Children\u2019s Hospital of Ningbo University. The case attracted widespread public attention.<\/p>\n

The statement followed a thorough investigation led by a team comprising randomly selected medical experts. The probe, which included a rigorous medical appraisal supervised by a notary public, concluded that the hospital committed multiple critical errors.<\/p>\n

These included insufficient preoperative evaluation, poor timing and choice of surgical approach and surgical mistakes that prolonged the operation.<\/p>\n

The investigation also clarified that certain procedures questioned online, such as leaving the pericardium incision unsutured, were in line with standard medical practice for infant patients.<\/p>\n

The medical team\u2019s failures were found to have resulted in the child\u2019s death, while the child\u2019s own complex heart condition was a contributing factor.<\/p>\n

The case was classified as a Class 1 medical accident \u2014 the most severe level \u2014 with the hospital bearing primary responsibility.<\/p>\n

The case was filed for further investigation by local public security authorities in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n

Local authorities said that the chief surgeon, surnamed Chen, had his medical license revoked and was removed from the position of head of the hospital\u2019s anesthesiology department. A physician in the pediatric intensive care unit was ordered to suspend practice for six months.<\/p>\n

Other medical personnel and hospital leaders, including the hospital president and vice-president, were also removed from their posts or given penalties. The hospital itself was fined and ordered to rectify its practices.<\/p>\n

Authorities expressed deep sorrow over the incident and extended sincere apologies to the grieving family.<\/p>\n

They pledged to learn from the tragedy, strengthen oversight over medical institutions, and continuously improve healthcare quality to safeguard public health.<\/p>\n

For more visit\u00a0China Daily<\/a><\/p>\n

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BEIJING, China, Feb 6 \u2014 A surgeon at a hospital in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has had his medical license revoked following a fatal medical incident involving a young child, according to a statement released by local authorities on Thursday. The child, surnamed Xu, died on Nov 14 after undergoing a heart surgery at the Women […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}