Shanghai Municipal Health Department says that they have identified 18 medical institutions that have been involved in hiring illegal medical brokers and have revoked the business licenses from three of them.

SMHD says that they sent more than 18000 auditors last year to investigate the medical brokers, punished 181 illegal medical brokers and issued warnings to 15 medical institutions. They revoked the business licenses of three privately-run medical institutions that were suspected of luring patients by hiring medical brokers.

SMHD revoked the business license of Shanghai Hong'an TCM Outpatient Department which was accused of illegal practice; cancelled the license of Department of Gynaecology of Yangguang Hospital that was accused of releasing misleading advertisements; and revoked the business license of the Kangqian Outpatient Department.

SMHD says that to purify the medical and health market, they will strengthen their efforts in identifying the illegal medical brokers this year.