The DX‑IIA machine ran thirty‑minute shocks and erased children

A banned DX‑IIA electroshock machine ran thirty‑minute sessions on children in a Linyi hospital - how did that expose them?

The DX‑IIA machine ran thirty‑minute shocks and erased children

In this episode, we lay out who, where and how the DX‑IIA device was used inside Room Thirteen at the Fourth Hospital of Linyi and why parents sent kids there. We trace the program’s fees, awards, enforcement methods, and the practices that governed daily life - and ask how those facts led to scrutiny.

Person: Yang Yongxin Location: Fourth Hospital of Linyi, Room Thirteen, Linyi, Shandong Province Device: DX-IIA electroconvulsive therapy machine Date: Manufacture halted in 2000; treatment program established 2006 Fee: 5,500 yuan per month

- Yang ran a dedicated Internet-addiction treatment center inside the hospital with a monthly fee of 5,500 yuan. - The DX-IIA device, banned from manufacture after 2000 with warnings about cognitive harm, was used in Room Thirteen. - Patients included teenagers as young as twelve; some were brought without consent and families sometimes drugged children before arrival. - Inside the program, youths surrendered online passwords, lived under military-style rules, and were punished for seeking early removal. - Reports say electroshock was applied without anesthesia or muscle relaxants and sometimes continued for up to thirty minutes.

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