A former obstetrician-gynecologist in Fuping county, Shaanxi province, went on trial on Monday at Weinan Intermediate People's Court charged with human trafficking.

Zhang Shuxia, 55, who also went by the name Zhang Suxia, was the former deputy director of obstetrics at Fuping County Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital. She is accused of selling babies she delivered after persuading their parents to give them up on the false claim that the babies suffered congenital diseases or disabilities.

Zhang sold seven babies from 2011 to 2013, the court was told, and caused the death of one, according to the Weinan City Procuratorate.