A Chinese obstetrician convicted of selling babies after telling their parents they were sick has been given a suspended death sentence , China 's Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday . Zhang Shuxia , a maternity doctor at a hospital in Shaanxi province , in central China , sold seven babies to a trafficking ring in six separate cases from November 2011 to July 2013 , according to statements posted on the official microblog account of the local court . She persuaded her patients that their newborns were sick and they should give them up , according to the Weinan Intermediate People 's Court . One baby died after being sold . Xinhua said the death penalty had a two-year reprieve , which typically means her sentence is likely to be life imprisonment if she does n't commit any crimes during that period . The ring was exposed in July when a mother surnamed Dong told police she suspected her baby had been abducted after Zhang told her that her child had a congenital disease , Xinhua reported when Zhang went on trial in December . `` The doctor told me that my son could not go to school and might endanger society as his mother was infected with syphilis and hepatitis , '' Xinhua quoted the father as saying . The court heard that Zhang sold the baby the same night for $ 3,500 to an individual identified as Pan in neighboring Shanxi province . Pan sold the baby onto a villager in Henan province for 59,800 yuan ( $ 9,900 . ) The baby was found and returned to his parents on August 5 . Twin baby girls , which Zhang sold for 30,000 yuan ( $ 5,000 ) in May 2013 , were reunited their parents in August after their mother Wang Yanyan filed a complaint . Zhang told her the twins had serious health issues and would be brain damaged or paralyzed . `` I never suspected that she was selling my babies , because she was a family friend , '' Wang told CNN in August . Nine suspects were detained including Zhang , who pleaded guilty and expressed remorse in court . `` I am deeply sorry for the pain I have brought to those families and beg for forgiveness , '' said Zhang . The court said in a statement it believed Zhang should receive a severe penalty : `` Her actions violated professional ethics and social morals . Although she partly admits her guilt , her case is considered serious . '' The court did not say whether Zhang would appeal .
A Chinese obstetrician has been sentenced to death with a between 2011 and 2013 reprieve . Wang was convicted of trafficking One babies between 2011 and 2013 . She told her patients they should give up their newborns because they were sick . She sold them to traffickers for 5,000 each .