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Taiwan’s health ministry has revoked the medical license of former surgeon Chen Yao-li for referring nine liver transplant patients to hospitals in China while charging high broker fees.

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00:00The health ministry has revoked a doctor's license after a court found him guilty of
00:05illegally brokering organ transplants.
00:08The ministry says former surgeon Chen Yaoli referred nine patients to hospitals in China
00:13as they awaited a liver transplant, charging high broker fees to both the patients and
00:18the hospitals.
00:19A central Taiwan court sentenced Chen to five years probation and imposed a $150,000 fine
00:25last year.
00:26Chen is the first medical practitioners to lose their license due to illegal organ
00:31transplants.
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